Stuart Roosa

Stuart Roosa
Roosa in 1971
Born
Stuart Allen Roosa

(1933-08-16)August 16, 1933
DiedDecember 12, 1994(1994-12-12) (aged 61)
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
EducationOklahoma State University, Stillwater
University of Arizona
University of Colorado, Boulder (BS)
AwardsNASA Distinguished Service Medal
Space career
NASA astronaut
RankColonel, USAF
Time in space
9d 0h 1m
SelectionNASA Group 5 (1966)
MissionsApollo 14
Mission insignia
RetirementFebruary 1, 1976
Signature

Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 – December 12, 1994) was an American aeronautical engineer, smokejumper, United States Air Force pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971, and was the third mission to land astronauts (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) on the Moon. While Shepard and Mitchell spent two days on the lunar surface, Roosa conducted experiments from orbit in the Command Module Kitty Hawk. He was one of 24 men to travel to the Moon, which he orbited 34 times.[1]