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Edgar Mitchell
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Edgar Mitchell |
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Born on: |
17 Sep 1930 |
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Join NASA in: |
4 Apr 1966 |
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Current status: |
Retired 1 Oct 1972 |
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Spaceflight |
Position |
Date |
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Apollo 14 |
LMP |
31.01. - 09.02.1971 |
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Spaceflight experience: |
Edgar Mitchell was in a group
selected for astronaut training in April 1966. He served
as a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 9 and
as backup lunar module pilot for Apollo 10.
He completed his first space flight as lunar module pilot
on Apollo 14, January 31 - February 9, 1971. With him on
man’s third lunar landing mission were Alan B. Shepard,
spacecraft commander, and Stuart A. Roosa, command module
pilot.
Maneuvering their lunar module, “Antares,” to a landing in
the hilly upland Fra Mauro region of the moon, Shepard and
Mitchell subsequently deployed and activated various
scientific equipment and experiments and collected almost
100 pounds of lunar samples for return to Earth. Other
Apollo 14 achievements include: first use of Mobile
Equipment Transporter (MET); largest payload placed in
lunar orbit; longest distance traversed on the lunar
surface; largest payload returned from the lunar surface;
longest lunar surface stay time (33 hours); longest lunar
surface EVA (9 hours and 17 minutes); first use of
shortened lunar orbit rendezvous techniques; first use of
color TV with new vidicon tube on lunar surface; and first
extensive orbital science period conducted during CSM solo
operations.
In completing his first space flight, Mitchell logged a
total of 216 hours and 42 minutes in space.
He was subsequently designated to serve as backup lunar
module pilot for Apollo 16.
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