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Edgar Mitchell

1930 - 2016

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Edgar Dean "Ed" 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. He was the second Freemason to set foot on the Moon, after Buzz Aldrin. Before becoming an astronaut, Mitchell earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Carnegie Institute of Technology and entered the United States Navy in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Mitchell is the 32nd most popular astronaut (down from 29th in 2019), the 1,806th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,605th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Astronaut.

Edgar Mitchell was the sixth man to walk on the moon. He is most famous for being the sixth man to walk on the moon.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Edgar Mitchell ranks 32 out of 556. Before him are Jack Lousma, David M. Brown, Svetlana Savitskaya, Gerald Carr, Owen Garriott, and William C. McCool. After him are Andriyan Nikolayev, Jim Lovell, David Scott, Mark Kelly, Margaret Rhea Seddon, and Pavel Popovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Edgar Mitchell ranks 94. Before him are Frank Drake, Gérard Genette, Robert Aumann, Pierre Bergé, Owen Garriott, and José Sarney. After him are Michal Kováč, Mario Adorf, Martin Karplus, Choe Yong-rim, Hilderaldo Bellini, and Mauro Ramos. Among people deceased in 2016, Edgar Mitchell ranks 88. Before him are Michel Butor, Chyna, Keith Emerson, Margot Honecker, Thomas Schelling, and Melvin Laird. After him are Michal Kováč, Kigeli V of Rwanda, Toots Thielemans, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Hanoi Hannah, and Claude Gensac.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edgar Mitchell ranks 1,806 out of 20,380. Before him are Ethan Hawke (1970), Bruno Mars (1985), Alben W. Barkley (1877), Thomas J. Sargent (1943), David O. Selznick (1902), and Randy Schekman (1948). After him are Donald P. Bellisario (1935), Mary Anderson (1918), Walter Mondale (1928), Kobe Bryant (1978), Linda Gray (1940), and Black Dahlia (1924).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Edgar Mitchell ranks 23. Before him are Harrison Schmitt (1935), Jack Lousma (1936), David M. Brown (1956), Gerald Carr (1932), Owen Garriott (1930), and William C. McCool (1961). After him are Jim Lovell (1928), David Scott (1932), Mark Kelly (1964), Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), Gus Grissom (1926), and James Irwin (1930).

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