Edgar Mitchell Status: Deceased 9/17/1930 – 2/4/2016 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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.