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Astronaut Alan Shepard uses trenching tool during simulation of lunar surface
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., prime crew commander of the Apollo 14 mission, uses a trenching tool during a simulation of a traverse on the lunar surface. Members of the Apollo 14 prime and backup crews were in Hawaii to train for the extravehicular activity of their upcoming mission. Features of the terrain at Kapoho and other Hawaiian sites are very similar to those found on the lunar surface. A Modulear Equipment Transporter (MET), nicknamed the "Richshaw" because of its appearance and method of propulsion, is behind Shepard, and a gnomon, one of the Apollo Lunar Hand Tools (ALHT) is at extreme left.
Catalog Date: 10 April 1970
Film Type: 35mm
NASA image: S70-34415