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Jun 18, 2024 · Harrison Schmitt was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 17, the last mission to the Moon in 1972. He is a geologist, a senator, and a consultant for NASA's Artemis Program to return to the Moon.
Jun 6, 2024 · Harrison Schmitt (born July 3, 1935, Santa Rita, New Mexico, U.S.) is an American geologist, astronaut, and politician who was part of the Apollo space program’s last flight (1972). He later served in the U.S. Senate (1977–83).
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2 days ago · Harrison Schmitt, who was a professional geologist as well as an astronaut, had served on the backup crew of Apollo 15, and thus, because of the rotation, would have been due to fly as lunar module pilot on Apollo 18.
Jun 8, 2024 · Harrison Schmitt was the 12th person to walk on the Moon in 1972, as part of the Apollo 17 mission. He is one of the eight surviving Apollo astronauts, and a geologist who studied the lunar surface.
Jun 7, 2024 · The spacesuit of scientist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt, the Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, is covered in moon dust as he retrieves samples from the moon's surface in December 1972. (NASA)
Jun 6, 2024 · Apollo 17 geologist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt at the foot of a huge split boulder, December 13, 1972, during the mission's third extravehicular exploration of the Taurus-Littrow Valley landing site on the Moon.
Jun 8, 2024 · Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17) Unlike most other astronauts of the time, Schmitt had not served as a pilot in the US forces. A geologist and academic, he initially instructed Nasa astronauts on...
