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Image: Apollo 14 command module with Edgar Mitchell's memorial wreath

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Description: In the Apollo Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a memorial wreath, seen in the background, was placed next to the Apollo 14 command module exhibit following a ceremony to honor the memory of former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell. One of 12 humans to walk on the moon, Mitchell died Feb. 4, 2016. Mitchell was Apollo 14's lunar module pilot who landed in the moon's Fra Mauro highlands on Feb. 5, 1971 with mission commander Alan Shepard while command module pilot Stuart Roosa remained in lunar orbit.
Title: Apollo 14 command module with Edgar Mitchell's memorial wreath
Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasakennedy/24617333639/
Author: NASA/Cory Huston
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