1933
Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1994)
Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1994)
Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1994)
Stuart Roosa
American lunar astronaut (1933–1994)
- Born
- 1933
Stuart Allen Roosa 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 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 the 24 Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon, which he orbited 34 times.