Apollo 14 Moonwalker Edgar Mitchell Remembered by Space Community

The death of Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon, has drawn tributes from across the space community, as his passing was reported in the news and shared on social media. Mitchell died Thursday (Feb. 4) — the eve of the 45th anniversary of his and Alan Shepard's lunar landing in 1971 — at age 85 after a short illness. "On behalf of the entire NASA family, I would like to express my condolences to the family and friends of NASA astronaut Edgar Mit