Harrison Schmitt is an American geologist and former NASA astronaut who served as lunar module pilot on Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final crewed mission to the Moon in the Apollo program. He is the only professional geologist to have walked on the lunar surface, and his scientific training shaped much of the missions extensive sample collection and field observation on the Moon. After leaving NASA, Schmitt was elected to a single term as a United States Senator representing New Mexico.
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Harrison Schmitt was a NASA astronaut who flew as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 17, the only geologist to walk on the Moon.
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1935-07-03
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Born July 3, 1935
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is an American geologist
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as a crewmember of Apollo 17
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Wikimedia FoundationMissions Crewed: Apollo 17, Apollo 17
Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans Jr. and Harrison H. Schmitt served as the three crew members.
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