Edgar Mitchell
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Edgar Dean Mitchell was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist, and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, and was the sixth person to walk on the Moon.
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Mitchell's doctoral thesis on space vehicle guidance on display at the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Mitchell stands with the United States' flag on the Moon, 1971
Mitchell studies a map while walking on the Moon, February 6, 1971
A U.S. Navy diver helps Mitchell out of the Command Module, 1971
Edgar Mitchell, February 2009
Edgar Mitchell's memorial in the Treasures of Apollo exhibit at Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 14 command module Kitty Hawk, Mitchell's memorial wreath nearbyAwards 5
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Budd HopkinsAlso in The Day Before Disclosure (2010)Paul RossAlso in Journey Into the Beyond (1975)
Buzz AldrinAlso in The Wonder of It All (2007)
John YoungAlso in In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
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Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2016 · aged 85
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