Edgar D. Mitchell
Acting
September 17, 1930
Died at age 85
February 4, 2016
Date of Death
Hereford, Texas, USA
20 Credits
Biography
Edgar Dean Mitchell (September 17, 1930 – February 4, 2016) 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.
