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The roots of Stuart A. Roosa’s legacy run deep in Claremore. With a street and school named after him, his legacy continues in the form of a tree.

The day ‘a bomb exploded … 200,000 miles from Earth’: Apollo 13’s successful failed mission Updated Apr 11, 2021; Lovell told NASA’s Mission Control, “There is one whole side of that spacecraft missing.” Apollo 13 with three astronauts on board lifted off for the moon from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970. Two days later it became obvious that Apollo 13 would not be landing on the moon but instead fighting just to return to Earth. “Houston, we’ve had a problem,” said ...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Here’s a look at the Apollo 14 lunar mission on its 50th anniversary [The Orange County Register] Jan. 30—50 years ago this month Apollo 14 blasted off from Cape Canaveral. The mission was delayed for four months after the Apollo 13 mission astronauts did not land on the moon. APOLLO 14 highlights The crew was Alan B. Shepard Jr., Commander, Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot and Stuart A. Roosa, Command Module Pilot. It was the third manned lunar landing mis...