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Edgar Mitchell
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2016)
Edgar Dean "Ed" Mitchell (September 17, 1930 – February 4, 2016) was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist, and NASAastronaut. 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. He was the second Freemason to set foot on the Moon, after Buzz Aldrin.
Before becoming an astronaut, Mitchell earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Carnegie Institute of Technology and entered the United States Navy in 1952. After being commissioned through the Officer Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island, he served as a Naval Aviator. In 1961, he received his second bachelor's degree, in aeronautical engineering, from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and three years later earned his doctorate in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). From 1965 to 1966, he attended the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School and graduated first in his class. During this period, he served as an instructor in advanced mathematics and navigation theory for astronaut candidates.
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Edgar Mitchell
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 |
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| 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 | |
| Retirement | October 1, 1972 |
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 NASAastronaut. He was a moonwalker.
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.[1]
Mitchell died under hospice care in Lake Worth, Florida from complications of kidney cancer on February 4, 2016 at the age of 85.[2]
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Edgar D. Mitchell
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell was born Sep 17th, 1930, in Texas. He attained Bachelor show Science mainstream in Unskilled Management fasten 1952, a Bachelor look after Science class in Astronautics in 1961, and a Doctorate jump at Science mainstream in Physics and Aeronautics from Shaft in 1964.
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