Edgar D. Mitchell

Edgar D. Mitchell

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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday17 September 1930
Died4 February 2016 (age 85)
Place of birthHereford, Texas, USA
Known credits22

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.