Edgar Mitchell

Dr. Edgar Dean "Ed" Mitchell, (September 17, 1930 – February 4, 2016), (Capt, USN, Ret.) was an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, parapsychologist, and NASA astronaut. He was a moonwalker.

Edgar D. Mitchell
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Born	Edgar Dean Mitchell (1930-09-17)September 17, 1930 Hereford, Texas, U.S.
Status	Deceased
Died	February 4, 2016(2016-02-04) (aged 85) Lake Worth, Florida, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	CIT, B.S. 1952 NPS, B.S. 1961 MIT, Sc.D. 1964
Occupation	Test pilot
Awards	Presidential Medal of Freedom
Space career
NASA Astronaut
Rank	Captain, USN
Time in space	9d 00h 01m
Selection	1966 NASA Group 5
Total EVAs	2
Total EVA time	9 hours 23 minutes
Missions	Apollo 14
Mission insignia	50px
Retirement	October 1, 1972

He was the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14. He spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region. Mitchell was born in Hereford, Texas.

Mitchell died under hospice care in Lake Worth, Florida from complications of kidney cancer on February 4, 2016 at the age of 85.

Edgar Mitchell Media

• Mitchell's doctoral thesis on space vehicle guidance on display at the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame

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  Mitchell stands with the United States' flag on the Moon, 1971

• Mitchell Studies Map - GPN-2000-001146.jpg

  Mitchell studies a map while walking on the Moon, February 6, 1971

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  A U.S. Navy diver helps Mitchell out of the Command Module, 1971

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  Edgar Mitchell, February 2009

• Edgar Mitchell's memorial wreath in the Apollo 14 exhibit.jpg

  Edgar Mitchell's memorial in the Treasures of Apollo exhibit at Kennedy Space Center

• Apollo 14 command module Kitty Hawk, Mitchell's memorial wreath nearby

Other websites

16x16px Media related to Edgar Mitchell at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of Edgar Mitchell Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Official NASA biography