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Stuart Roosa
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American astronaut (1933–1994)
OverviewAI-generated
Stuart Roosa was an American military officer, astronaut, and aircraft pilot who served as a colonel in the United States Air Force. He was a member of the crew of Apollo 14 and belonged to NASA Astronaut Group 5. His professional affiliations included employment by NASA and recognition within the Astronauts collection.
Born in Durango in 1933, Roosa received his education at the University of Arizona, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Colorado. He spoke English and held awards including the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
Roosa died in Falls Church in 1994 from pancreatic cancer under natural causes. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Key facts
- Born
- Stuart Allen Roosa , ( 1933-08-16 ) August 16, 1933, Durango, Colorado , U.S.
- Died
- December 12, 1994 (1994-12-12) (aged 61) , Falls Church, Virginia , U.S.
- Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Education
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater , University of Arizona , University of Colorado Boulder ( BS )
- Spouse
- Joan C. Barrett
- Awards
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- Rank
- Colonel , U.S. Air Force
- Time in space
- 9 days, 1 minute
- Selection
- NASA Group 5 (1966)
- Missions
- Apollo 14
- Retirement
- February 1, 1976
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 5
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Durango
- Place of death
- Falls Church
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Air Force
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- Roosa cropped.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1933-08-16
- date of death
- 1994-12-12
- Commons category
- Stuart Roosa
- time in space
- 12961
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- member of the crew of
- Apollo 14
- P450
- Apollo 14
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Encyclopedic overview
Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 – December 12, 1994) 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 (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) 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.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stuart Roosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.