US Astronaut on Apollo 14 Dies in Florida

U.S. astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who flew on the Apollo 14 mission and became the sixth man on the moon, has died in Florida at age 85. Family members said Mitchell died Thursday night at a hospital in West Palm Beach after a short illness. Mitchell, one of only 12 people to set foot on the moon, joined NASA in 1966. He helped to design and test the first lunar modules that reached the moon in 1969. He was on the Apollo 14 crew in 1971 with Alan Shepard, the first American in...

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