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On this date in 1971, Apollo 14, carrying astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa, landed on the Moon. Alan Shepard, secretly carrying the head of a modified six-iron golf club, affixed it to the handle of a backup lunar scoop; he famously hit two golf balls on the moon. You can see NASA’s official Apollo 14 Mission Page here.
