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At Kapoho, Hawaii, two Apollo 14 prime crew members take part in a simulation of a lunar traverse while two persons from the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) observe. The prime and backup crews of the Apollo 14 mission were in Hawaii for several days in April 1970 to visit various sites having features similar to those on the lunar surface. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. (front), prime crew commander, carries a gnomon (from the Apollo Lunar Hand Tools - ALHT) in his left hand while pulling the Modular Equipment Transporter (MET) with his right hand. He is followed by astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, prime lunar module pilot, with a Hasselblad lunar surface camera. Michael C. McEwen (second from rear) of the Geology Branch, Lunar and Earth Sciences Division, MSC; and Major William J. Wood of the Lunar Surface Operations Office observe the training activity.