1933- American astronaut who orbited the Moon as command module pilot of Apollo 14. The successful flight of Apollo 14, in February 1971, restored public confidence in NASA after the aborted Apollo 13 mission. After his return from the Moon, Roosa...

Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16 1933 – December 12 1994) was a 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 (Alan Shepard...