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 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. He was the second Freemason to set foot on the Moon, after Buzz Aldrin.
Mitchell in 1970
Autograph of Edgar D. Mitchell with Noetic Sciences business card
Mitchell's doctoral thesis on space vehicle guidance on display at the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Mitchell stands with the United States' flag on the Moon, 1971
Apollo 14 was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. It was the last of the "H missions", landings at specific sites of scientific interest on the Moon for two-day stays with two lunar extravehicular activities.
Alan Shepard and the American flag on the Moon, Apollo 14, February 1971 (photo by Edgar Mitchell)
Stuart Roosa, Alan Shepard, Edgar MitchellApollo program← Apollo 13Apollo 15 →
Shepard in front of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, flown to simulate the landing
Shepard (left) and Mitchell during geological training
