Edgar Mitchell war ein amerikanischer Astronaut, der am 17. September 1930 in Hereford, Texas, geboren wurde und am 4. Februar 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida, verstarb. Nach seinem Abschluss in Betriebswirtschaft am Carnegie Institute of Technology im Jahr 1952 trat er der US-Marine bei. Dort diente er als Pilot bei Aufklärungsflügen und später als Offizier im Bereich Forschungsprojekte. Während seiner Zeit bei der Navy erwarb er weitere akademische Grade, darunter einen Bachelor in Luftfahrttechnik und einen Doktortitel in Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik. Mitchell wurde 1966 in das Astronautenkorps der NASA aufgenommen. Er war Teil der Ersatzmannschaft von Apollo 10 und wurde später als Pilot der Mondlandefähre für Apollo 14 nominiert. Im Jahr 1971 betrat Mitchell als Pilot der Mondlandefähre von Apollo 14 als sechster Mensch den Mond. Während dieser Mission führte er zwei Ausstiege mit einer Gesamtdauer von über neun Stunden durch. Auf dem Rückflug zur Erde führte Mitchell private Experimente zu übersinnlichen Phänomenen durch, die jedoch keine verwertbaren Ergebnisse lieferten. Für Apollo 16 war Mitchell als Mondfährenpilot in der Ersatzmannschaft vorgesehen. Nach seinem Ausscheiden aus der NASA im Jahr 1972 gründete Mitchell die Edgar Mitchell Corporation und das Institute of Noetic Sciences, das sich mit Bewusstseinsveränderungen befasst. Er wandte sich verstärkt esoterischen Themen und deren Erforschung zu. Mitchell äußerte sich wiederholt zum UFO-Phänomen und vertrat die Außerirdischen-Hypothese, wobei er auf Kontakte in Militärkreisen und seine Herkunft aus Roswell verwies. Er unterstützte 2001 das Disclosure Project. Mitchell war verheiratet und hatte fünf Kinder. Er gehörte zu den Erstunterzeichnern des Aufrufs für eine Parlamentarische Versammlung bei den Vereinten Nationen. Edgar Mitchell war Mitbegründer der Association of Space Explorers. Er wurde 1970 mit der Presidential Medal of Freedom ausgezeichnet und 2016 wurde ein Asteroid nach ihm benannt. Mitchell war Freimaurer und Mitglied der Loge Artesia#29.
Edgar Mitchell wurde in Hereford, Texas, USA, geboren.
1971 NASA portrait of astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell. (NASA)
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Bildquelle: NASA_Astronaut_Group_5_1966.jpg Autor: Wikipedia / National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lizenz: gemeinfrei
Portrait of 19 new Astronauts announced by NASA: Edward G. Givens, Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, Charles M. Duke, Jr., Don L. Lind, Fred W. Haise, Jr., Joe H. Engle, Vance D. Brand, John S. Bull, Bruce W. McCandless II, John L. Swigert, Jr., William R. Pogue, Ronald E. Evans, Paul J. Weitz, James B. Irwin, Gerald P. Carr, Stuart A. Roosa, Alfred M. Worden, Thomas K. Mattingly II, and Jack R. Lousma. MSC, HOUSTON, TX CN/B&W
The fifth group of NASA astronauts, also known as the "Original 19". Back row, from left to right: John L. Swigert Jr., William R. Pogue, Ronald E. Evans Jr., Paul J. Weitz, James B. Irwin, Gerald P. Carr, Stuart A. Roosa, Alfred M. Worden, T. Kenneth Mattingly II and Jack R. Lousma. Front row, from left to right: Edward G. Givens Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, Charles M. Duke Jr., Don L. Lind, Fred W. Haise Jr., Joseph "Joe" Henry Engle, Vance D. Brand, John S. Bull and Bruce McCandless II.
The fifth group of NASA astronauts, also known as the "Original 19".
Back row, from left to right: John L. Swigert Jr., William R. Pogue, Ronald E. Evans Jr., Paul J. Weitz, James B. Irwin, Gerald P. Carr, Stuart A. Roosa, Alfred M. Worden, T. Kenneth Mattingly II and Jack R. Lousma.
Front row, from left to right: Edward G. Givens Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, Charles M. Duke Jr., Don L. Lind, Fred W. Haise Jr., Joseph "Joe" Henry Engle, Vance D. Brand, John S. Bull and Bruce McCandless II.
Members of the Apollo-14 Team at Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, USA. The image shows Alan Shepherd, Joe Engle, Eugene Cernan and Edgar Mitchell along with park staff. The image is signed by the four astronauts.
Apollo 14 astronauts (left to right) Alan Bartlett "Al" Shepard Junior, Joseph "Joe" Henry Engle, Mitchell, and Cernan training with the MET, accompanied by geologist Jahns.
Apollo 14 astronauts (left to right) Cernan, Joseph "Joe" Henry Engle, Mitchell, and Alan Bartlett "Al" Shepard Junior with geologist Jahns in the Pinacates Mountains
Al Shepard (left) holds the scoop high enough that Ed Mitchell can take the sample without bending, something he would not be able to do easily in the pressure suit on the Moon. Note that Al is wearing a stereocamera that was under development but was never flown. Journal Contributor Markus Mehring tells us that the red dot at the top left on the back of the 16-mm camera in the right foreground is "the end of film warning light, which lights up when there are less than 6 feet of film left in the magazine." The 16-mm camera was manufactured by Mauer and their label is at the bottom left on the back of the camera. A bettery pack (DAC Power Pack) is attached to the righthand side of the camera. Mehring notes, "The white cable below is the connector cable providing the DAC with power from the batteries. The DAC didn't have internal batteries, it always drew its power via a cable from the spacecraft circuits. And during mobile EVA usage, they of course didn't have that available, so they came up with this battery solution."
S70-45581 (July 1970) --- The members of the prime crew of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission are photographed during training activity at the Kennedy Space Center. From foreground are astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot. They are standing in front of a Lunar Module mock-up.
S70-45580 (July 1970) --- The members of the prime crew of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission participate in Command Module (CM) simulation training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Left to right are astronauts Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot; Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot; and Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander.
Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. (right), commander, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, are suited up for a manned altitude run in the Apollo 14 Lunar Module. The manned run in a vacuum chamber of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building was conducted to validate the LM's communications and guidance and navigation systems.
Apollo 14 astronauts Edgar D. Mitchell, left, and Alan B. Shepard practice the second lunar excursion with the Modular Equipment Transporter (MET) in Cottonwood, Arizona
These three astronauts are the prime crew of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. Left to right, are Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot; Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; and Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot. The Apollo 14 emblem is in the background.
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The prime crew of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. From left to right they are: Command Module pilot, Stuart A. Roosa, Commander, Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Lunar Module pilot Edgar D. Mitchell. The Apollo 14 mission emblem is in the background.
These three astronauts are the prime crew of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. Left to right, are Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot; Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; and Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot. The Apollo 14 emblem is in the background.
The prime crew of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. From left to right they are: Command Module pilot, Stuart A. Roosa, Commander, Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Lunar Module pilot Edgar D. Mitchell. The Apollo 14 mission emblem is in the background.
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard, left, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell during the preflight crew press conference at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.
Pre-launch breakfast. Clockwise from the left: Ed Mitchell, Tom Stafford, Stu Roosa, Al Shepard, Deke Slayton, Joe Engle, and Ron Evans. 31 January 1971.
Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, makes a pan with the lunar surface television camera during an extravehicular activity (EVA) on the moon. This photograph was taken by fellow astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander.
In the hangar deck of the U.S.S. New Orleans, Roosa, left, Mitchell, and Shepard descend from the recovery helicopter to make their way to the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF)
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard, left, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell, leaving the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) at the end of their 21-day quarantine.
Pre-launch breakfast. Cloxkwise around the table from the lower left: Backup LMP Ed Mitchell, LMP Charlie Duke reading the comics page, Backup CMP Stu Roosa, CMP T.K. Mattingly, Support Team Leader Dave Ballard, Head of Security at the Cape, Charles Buckley, Head of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton, CDR John Young. 16 April 1972.
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Members of the original Von Braun German rocket team participate in the Saturn V replica dedication ceremony at the U. S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. Pictured are (L/R): Walter Jacobi, Konrad Dannenberg, Apollo 14's Edgar Mitchell, NASA Administrator Dan Goldin, Apollo 12's Dick Gordon, Gerhard Reisig, Werner Dahm, MSFC Director Art Stephenson, Director of the U. S. Space and Rocket Center Mike Wing, Walter Haeusserman, and Ernst Stuhlinger.
The crewmen of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission leave the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) during the prelaunch countdown.
The crewmen of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission leave the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) during the prelaunch countdown.
S71-19508 (12 Feb. 1971) --- Separated by aluminum and glass of their Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF), the Apollo 14 crew members visit with their families and friends upon arriving at Ellington Air Force Base in the early morning hours of Feb. 12, 1971. Looking through the MQF window are astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. (left), commander; Stuart A. Roosa (right), command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot. The crew men were brought to Houston aboard a C-141 transport plane from Pago Pago, American Samoa. The USS New Orleans had transported the crew to American Samoa from the recovery site in the South Pacific.
View from a recovery helicopter of the Command Module Kitty Hawk and Apollo 14 astronauts Edgar D. Mitchell, left, Stuart A. Roosa, and Alan B. Shepard in the life raft.
The two moon-exploring crewmen of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission show off some of the largest of the lunar rocks they collected on their mission, during a through-the-glass meeting with newsmen in the Crew Reception Area of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell (left), lunar module pilot, holds up a tote bag in which some of the lunar samples were stowed, while astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander, looks on. The largest sample brought back on the mission, a basketball-size rock (nicknamed "Big Bertha"), is said to be the largest lunar rock collected in three lunar landing missions for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Edgar Mitchell war ein 🙋♂️ US-amerikanischer Astronaut
Wie alt wurde Edgar Mitchell?
Edgar Mitchell erreichte ein Alter von ⌛ 85 Jahren.
Wann hat Edgar Mitchell Geburtstag?
Edgar Mitchell wurde an einem Mittwoch am ⭐ 17. September 1930 geboren.
Wo wurde Edgar Mitchell geboren?
Edgar Mitchell wurde in 🚩 Hereford, Texas, USA, geboren.
Hatte Edgar Mitchell Kinder?
Ja, Edgar Mitchell war Vater von insgesamt 6 Kindern.
In welchem Sternzeichen wurde Edgar Mitchell geboren?
Edgar Mitchell wurde im westlichen Sternzeichen Jungfrau geboren. Nach der chinesischen Astrologie ist sein Tierkreiszeichen das Pferd 马 mit dem Element Metall ('Metall-Pferd').
Wie groß war Edgar Mitchell?
Edgar Mitchell hatte eine Größe von ca. 📏 1,80 m. Damit war er größer als die meisten deutschen Männer. Denn laut Statistik von 2021 beträgt die durchschnittliche Körpergröße eines Mannes in Deutschland 1,79 m.
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