Edgar Mitchell Quotes


On the return trip home, gazing through 240,000 miles of space toward the stars and the planet from which I had come, I suddenly experienced the universe as intelligent, loving, harmonious.


Citations

Mitchell, Edgar. The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996.

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Edgar Mitchell
Edgar Mitchell
  • Born: September 17, 1930
  • Died: February 4, 2016
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Naval Aviator, Test Pilot

Edgar Dean Mitchell was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.