Delayed by 4 months due to the Apollo 13 accident this was the third mission to land on the moon. The mission commander, Alan Sheppard, was both the oldest member of the astronaut corps at the time, and the only of the Mercury 7 to reach the moon.

A few statistics:

• Crew: Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, Stuart A. Roosa

• Launch Vehicle: Saturn V

• Date: January 31 - February 9, 1971

• Landing Site: Fra Mauro Formation