Edgar Mitchell

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 NASA astronaut. He was a moonwalker.

Edgar D. Mitchell
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
Space career
NASA Astronaut
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

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]