Posted on 02/05/2016 2:48:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who became the sixth man on the moon when he and Alan Shepard helped NASA recover from Apollo 13's "successful failure" and later devoted his life to exploring the mind, physics and unexplained phenomena such as psychics and aliens, has died in Florida. He was 85.
Mitchell died Thursday night at a West Palm Beach hospice after a short illness, his daughter, Kimberly Mitchell, said. Mitchell's passing coincides with the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 14 mission, which ran from Jan. 31 to Feb. 9, 1971.
Mitchell, one of only 12 humans to set foot on the moon, was not a typical strait-laced astronaut: In later years, he said aliens visited Earth and faith healers were legit.
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Think about it....our reality TV shows in the 60s and early 70s were pretty damned cool thanks to these men.
R.I.P. Captain. Seems like yesterday you were golfing on the moon with Alan Shepard.
No. The guy on “Dancing with the Stars” was Buzz Aldrin, who, in July 1969, was the second man on the moon.
RIP. May you touch the face of God again.
And a firm believer in intelligent extraterrestrial life.....
RIP.
That’s hilarious; Haven’t seen that one before.
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