Edgar Mitchell died Thursday night after a short illness.
Mitchell was the sixth man to walk on the moon. He was part of a three-man crew, with Alan Shepard Jr. and Stuart Roosa, who took part in the Apollo 14 space mission. It was the eighth manned mission in the United States Apollo program and they became the third ever to land on the moon. Mitchell was the lunar module pilot on the mission.
Apollo 14 launched just over 45 years ago, on Jan. 31, 1971. The nine-day mission ended Feb. 9 when the crew landed in the South Pacific Ocean.
It's the 45th Anniv of the #Apollo14 landing on the moon & yesterday we lost another Lunar Pioneer Edgar Mitchell. https://t.co/SpLU5RhesK
-- Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) February 5, 2016
We're saddened by the loss of Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell. We salute you: https://t.co/AG4uySVa0f pic.twitter.com/hWvvdzZ0Sk
-- NASA (@NASA) February 5, 2016
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