Quick Facts

Full Name	Ed Mitchell
Date Of Birth	Sep 17, 1930(1930-09-17)
Age	94
Date Of Death	February 4, 2016, West Palm Beach, FL
Birthplace	Hereford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

Ed Mitchell Biography

Ed Mitchell is one of the most popular and richest Television Presenter who was born on September 17, 1930 in Hereford, England, United Kingdom.

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, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.

He graduated from Artesia High School in 1948. Mitchell received a B.S. degree in industrial management from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1952 where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. That same year, he entered the U.S. Navy and completed basic training at San Diego Recruit Depot. While on active duty in the Navy, he earned a second bachelor’s degree in aeronautics from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1961 and an Sc.D. degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1964.

Ed Mitchell Net Worth

Ed Mitchell is one of the richest Television Presenter from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ed Mitchell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mitchell was born on September 17, 1930, in Hereford, Texas. He came from a ranching family that moved to New Mexico during the Depression and considered Artesia, New Mexico (near Roswell) as his hometown. He first learned to fly at 13, receiving his private pilot license at 16, and was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. He was also a member of DeMolay International, part of the Masonic Fraternity, and was inducted into its Hall of Fame. Mitchell was a member of Artesia Lodge

29 in New Mexico. He enjoyed handball, tennis, and swimming, and his hobbies

included scuba diving and soaring.

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Who is Ed Mitchell Dating?

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During the Apollo 13 crisis, Mitchell was a part of the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team and as such was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970. He worked in an Apollo simulator to help bring the crew back. One issue he worked on was how to “fly” (meaning control the attitude of) the Lunar Module with an inert Apollo Command/Service Module attached to it. (Usually it was the other way around, but the Service Module was damaged during that mission.)

Facts & Trivia

Edwin Ranked on the list of most popular Television Presenter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Ed Mitchell celebrates birthday on September 17 of every year.

He then went to serve as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 14, landing with Shepard aboard the Lunar Module Antares on February 5, 1971, in the hilly upland Fra Mauro Highlands region of the Moon. They stayed on the Moon for 33 hours, deployed and activated lunar surface scientific equipment and experiments, and collected almost 100 pounds of lunar samples for return to Earth. Other Apollo 14 achievements include: only use of the Mobile Equipment Transporter (MET); first successful use of color television with a new Vidicon tube; longest distance traversed on foot on the lunar surface; largest payload placed in lunar orbit; first use of shortened lunar orbit rendezvous techniques; and first extensive orbital science period conducted during CSM solo operations.

What did Edgar Mitchell throw on the moon?

Their mission was best known to the public because Shepard became the first and only golfer on the moon. Mitchell joked when Shepard duffed his first shot: “You got more dirt than ball that time.” Less well known was that Mitchell made the only “javelin” throw on the moon when he tossed an unneeded metal rod.

Who was the sixth person to walk on the moon?

Edgar D. Mitchell
Total EVA time| 9 hours 23 minutes
Missions| Apollo 14
Mission insignia|
Retirement| October 1, 1972

What was the name of the BBQ pit owner in North Carolina?

Ed Mitchell (born 1948 or 1949) is an American pitmaster and businessman. Mitchell’s frequent media appearances and advocacy for the use of heritage breed pork has earned him the title of the most “famous pitmaster” in North Carolina.

Who went on Apollo 14?

Spacecraft properties
Landing mass| 11,481 pounds (5,208 kg)
Crew
Crew size| 3
Members| Alan B. Shepard Jr. Stuart A. Roosa Edgar D. Mitchell

Who was the 7th person to walk on the Moon?

David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon.