Edgar Mitchell, Sixth Astronaut to Walk on the Moon, Dies at 85

Edgar Mitchell, who 45 years ago became the sixth man to walk on the moon, died on Thursday (Feb. 4), the day before the anniversary of his lunar landing. The lunar module pilot on board NASA's Apollo 14 mission in 1971, Edgar Mitchell died peacefully in his sleep after a short illness at a hospice facility located near his home in West Palm Beach, Fla., his family confirmed. "He was a hero in the classical sense," Karlyn Mitchell, the astronaut's oldest daughter, said in statement.