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Mitchell

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  In Edgar Mitchell
  During the Apollo 14 mission, Mitchell, Shepard, and Roosa, set records for the most time (33 hours) and longest distance traversed on the lunar surface. They also collected 42.6 kg (94 pounds) of rock and soil samples to be studied.
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Moon trees

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  In Moon tree
  …around the Moon during the Apollo 14 lunar mission (January 31–February 9, 1971).
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Shepard

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  In Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
  14 flight (January 31–February 9, 1971; with Stuart A. Roosa and Edgar D. Mitchell), which involved the first landing in the lunar Fra Mauro highlands. Near the end of his Moon walk, Shepard—an avid golfer—swung at two golf balls with a makeshift six-iron club
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