Edgar D. Mitchell

Biography

Edgar Dean Mitchell was a decorated NASA astronaut and engineer who became the sixth person to walk on the Moon as Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971. Prior to his spaceflight, he earned degrees from Carnegie Institute of Technology, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After NASA, Mitchell pursued post-flight scientific work, including research in parapsychology, leaving a lasting legacy in the fields of aerospace and ufology.