1930–2016 · Acting
61.9avg grm
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Honors
51979International Space Hall of Fame
1971NASA Distinguished Service Medal
1970Presidential Medal of Freedom
—United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
—Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Bio
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.




