There were actually two golfballs hit by Shepard. They travelled, by his own estimate, between 200 and 400 yards, and were not retrieved. Shepard took the shots from within 30 yards of the rim of Cone Crater, the Moon. They are, therefore, somewhere within the within about 230-430 yards of the rim of Cone Crater, the Moon.
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard
When Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969 he placed a flag, collected moon rocks, and used a golf club to hit a ball.
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.
While the Apollo program did not engage in traditional sports activities such as golf on the moon, astronaut Alan Shepard famously hit a golf ball while on the lunar surface during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. This lighthearted moment was a demonstration of the moon's reduced gravity and the astronauts' ability to perform tasks in their bulky spacesuits.
Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. The first ball traveled about 24 yards, and the second ball was estimated to have gone around 200-400 yards due to the reduced gravitational pull on the moon.
Yes! Neil Armstrong played a game I call super ball!
Alan Shepard was the first person to play golf on the Moon. He was the fifth person overall to walk on the Moon.
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.
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The first sport played in outer space was golf. In 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball on the surface of the moon.