Both the surface and orbital photography of the mission served not only to document the third lunar landing and the extravehicular activities of the astronauts, but also to identify scientific areas and experiments for study on future missions. The photographic equipment and materials carried by Apollo 14 were designed specifically to (1) photograph candidate exploration sites for potential Apollo landings; (2) obtain vertical mapping stereo strips of regions of scientific interest and future landing sites; (3) obtain photographs of the Lunar Module and lunar surface activities after LM landing; (4) record mission operational activities; (5) obtain photographed information to document the geologic samples; (6) photograph gegenschein and zodiacal light astronomical phenomena; and (7) acquire photographic supporting data for four orbits of Hasselblad photography and all of the Hycon Lunar Topographic Camera (LTC) photography.

Apollo 14 Photography



The Camera Equipment





Orbital Photography





Lunar Surface Photography




Summary
Mission photography was accomplished from the Apollo 14 CM, which spent 67 hours in orbit both during DOI for high-resolution mapping photography and during its circular orbit for routine scientific photography; from the LM, which successfully landed in the hilly upland region 15 miles south of the rim of Fra Mauro Crater; and by the Apollo 14 astronauts during extravehicular activities (EVA) on the lunar surface.

The Apollo 14 crew returned 1328 frames of 70-millimeter photography and 15 exposed magazines of 16-millimeter film. The lunar topographic camera (LTC) malfunctioned and only 193 usable photographs were recovered from the two rolls of 5-inch film. A total of 17 stereopairs of lunar surface rocks and soil was taken on the Apollo 14 mission. The close-up stereopairs will enable further study by those interested in lunar soil formation, impact phenomena, and soil mechanics. The orbital photographic and scientific experiments conducted by the command module pilot simultaneously with the surface exploration included the gegenschein photography and bootstrap photography using the Hycon and Hasselblad cameras. The bootstrap photography was accomplished using the 70-millimeter Hasselblad camera with a 500-millimeter lens after the failure of the Hycon lunar topographic camera. By using the crewman-optical-alignment-sight maneuver to hold the camera on target, some good stereo photographs of the Descartes landing area were obtained. Three passes were made over the Descartes area to obtain stereo strips covering the region.