February 5, 1971. Apollo 14 lands at the site intended for Apollo 13.

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Piper · 61-69, F

What a cool picture, and I don't remember seeing it before. I just recently watched the movie based on the Apollo 13 mission, for the first time. I do realize that movies based on actual events generally take many 'liberties' with the reality of them...but it [i]is[/i] good movie, I think.

LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON · F

@Piper Tom Hanks?

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@Piper That's Alan Shepard, who was the first US astronaut to go into space during the Mercury program. He finally made it to the moon!

Piper · 61-69, F

@LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON Yes, he played one of the three astronauts who were on that voyage.

LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON · F

@Piper I quite liked that movie.