NASA Documentary / ESA INFO: This documentary starts with clips of the Freedom 7 mission, launched on May 5th 1961, during which Alan Sheppard became America’s first man in space. Ten years later, Sheppard commands the Apollo 14 mission to the Fra Mauro region of the moon, launched by a Saturn 5 rocket on January 31st 1971. The film contains highlights of the mission, including: launch and control room; in-flight footage of lunar probe docking with Kittihawk orbiter, successful on the 6th attempt; in-flight picture of the moon from the orbiter; Earth testing of the lunar module, and general shots of the monitoring of the mission; the lunar module descends, while ‘abort’ signal is registered on Earth; footage from module of landing [after computer is re-programmed to ignore the signal]; astronauts disembark onto surface of the Moon, American flag is pitched; erection of automated scientific laboratory; stills of astronauts exploring moon’s surface; view from interior as module lifts off; in-flight footage of crew, zero gravity experiment.