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Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2016)
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Edgar Mitchell
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2016)
Edgar Dean "Ed" Mitchell 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
September 17
Day of the year
September 17 is the 260th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 105 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)