Edgar Mitchell, astronaut who walked on the moon, dies at 85

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Edgar Mitchell, who as an astronaut on the Apollo 14 mission became the sixth person to walk on the moon on Feb. 5, 1971, died at a West Palm Beach hospice Thursday night, his family said. Mitchell, who lived on an acre "ranchette" west of Lake Worth and often talked about his…