NASA Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. (left), pulls the modular equipment transporter under weightless conditions aboard an Air Force KC-135 with fellow crew member Edgar D. Mitchell November 4, 1970 above Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. The aircraft flies a parabolic curve, creating a weightless environment providing a training exercise in preparation for the astronauts' extravehicular activities on the lunar surface.


NASA Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. (left), pulls the modular equipment transporter under weightless conditions aboard an Air Force KC-135 with fellow crew member Edgar D. Mitchell November 4, 1970 above Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. The aircraft flies a parabolic curve, creating a weightless environment providing a training exercise in preparation for the astronauts' extravehicular activities on the lunar surface.


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