NASA Astronaut Apollo 14 moonwalker Dr Edgar Mitchell signed Space Nobel Prize 2001 postmarked cover. ...

NASA Astronaut Apollo 14 moonwalker Dr Edgar Mitchell signed Space Nobel Prize 2001 postmarked cover. Commemorates The Nobel Prize for Physics 1921 to the Time Lord Albert Einstein. Illustrated with information on reverse. Edgar Dean Mitchell September 17, 1930 - February 4, 2016 was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highland s region, and was the sixth person to walk on the Moon. Before becoming an astronaut, Mitchell earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Carnegie Institute of Technology and entered the United States Navy in 1952. After being commissioned through the Officer Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island, he served as a Naval Aviator. In 1961, he received his second bachelors degree, in aeronautical engineering, from the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School and three years later earned his doctorate in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT. From 1965 to 1966, he attended the U. S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School and graduated first in his class. During this period, he served as an instructor in advanced mathematics and navigation theory for astronaut candidates. The legacy of his post-NASA scientific and parapsychology work is carried on through the Institute of Noetic Sciences. All autographed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99