Edgar Mitchell

Edgar Mitchell was an American astronaut who piloted the lunar module Antares on Apollo 14 and became the sixth person to walk on the Moon.

Apollo 14: The 1971 NASA mission that landed astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell on the Moon. Mitchell piloted Antares and conducted two lunar surface excursions on this mission.
United States Naval Academy: A federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, that educates officers for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Mitchell graduated from the academy before beginning his naval aviation career.
NASA: The United States government agency responsible for civilian space exploration and aeronautics research. NASA selected Mitchell as an astronaut and assigned him to Apollo 14.
Parapsychology: The study of claimed psychological phenomena that lack established explanations in mainstream science. Mitchell publicly supported research into alleged psychic phenomena after his spaceflight.
Apollo program: NASA's human spaceflight program that landed the first people on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. Apollo 14 was one of the program's six successful crewed lunar landings.
Antares (lunar module): The lunar module used by Apollo 14 to land on the Moon. Mitchell flew this spacecraft from lunar orbit to the surface and back.
United States Navy: The maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces. Mitchell served as a naval aviator and test pilot before joining NASA.
Deke Slayton: A NASA astronaut who directed crew operations during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Slayton's astronaut office assigned Mitchell to the Apollo 14 crew.
Remote viewing: A claimed ability to describe distant or hidden targets without ordinary sensory access. Mitchell's reported interest in psychic research brought him into discussions of remote viewing.
Apollo 14 lunar golf: Alan Shepard's improvised golf swings on the Moon during Apollo 14. Mitchell joined Shepard in a lighthearted moment that became a lasting image of the mission.

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