Shepard had a Wilson six iron head attached to a scoop used to pick up rocks from the surface of the moon.
Alan Shepard
No, Alan Shepard did not retrieve either of the balls he hit to return them to earth.
Alan Shepard used a modified six iron during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. The folding "sampling arm" he used to pick up rocks, had a specially made golf club head that could be screwed on. When he was done, he brought this folding "space golf club" back to Earth, and it was presented to comedian Bob Hope, an avid golfer well beloved by all branches of service. Alan Shepard, commander of Apollo 14, using a modified 6-Iron, hit two golf balls while on the moon's surface.
Armstrong hit two golf balls on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. Aldrin did not hit any golf balls on the moon.
The first game played on the moon was golf, during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. Astronaut Alan Shepard famously hit two golf balls on the lunar surface.
Yes! Neil Armstrong played a game I call super ball!
Alan Shepard was the fifth person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. He is famous for having lobbed two golf balls across the moon's surface.
Yes, Neil Armstrong did not hit a golfball on the Moon. It was actually astronaut Alan Shepard, during the Apollo 14 mission, who famously swung a makeshift six-iron club and hit lunar golf balls.
by hitting it with a golf club
On February 6, 1971, during the second of two EVA's (moonwalks) on the Apollo 14 lunar mission, Alan Shepard used an improvised 6-iron to hit two golf balls that he had hidden in his spacesuit. Shepard and astronaut Edgar Mitchell spent 9.5 hours collecting samples on the Moon, and Mitchell got into the act by tossing a lunar scoop handle like a javelin.
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard