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Astronaut Alan Shepard with Modular Equipment Transporter aboard KC-135
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Astronaut Alan Shepard with Modular Equipment Transporter aboard KC-135

S70-53479 (4 Nov. 1970) -- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 commander, pulls the modular equipment transporter (MET) under weightless conditions aboard an Air Force KC-135 out of Patrick Air Force Base. Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 lunar module pilot, is behind the MET. The KC-135 aircraft, flying a parabolic curve, creates a weightless environment providing a training exercise in preparation for the astronauts' extravehicular activities (EVA) on the lunar surface. This training simulates the 1/6 gravity the astronauts will encounter on the moon.

Date
1970-11-04
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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