Edgar Mitchell

Status: Deceased
9/17/1930 – 2/4/2016
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/31/1971
Last Flight: 1/31/1971

Edgar Dean “Ed” 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, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.