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Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)

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Preceded by
Joseph Montoya
Succeeded by
Jeff Bingaman
Born
Harrison Hagan Schmitt , ( 1935-07-03 ) July 3, 1935 (age 90) , Santa Rita, New Mexico , U.S.
Party
Republican
Spouse
Teresa Fitzgibbon
Education
California Institute of Technology ( BS ) University of Oslo (attended) Harvard University ( MS , PhD )
Awards
NASA Distinguished Service Medal , G. K. Gilbert Award (1988)
Time in space
12d 13h 52m
Selection
NASA Group 4 (1965)
Total evas
3 on the lunar surface
Total eva time
22h 3m
Missions
Apollo 17
Retirement
August 30, 1975
Fields
Geology
Institutions
U.S. Geological Survey University of Wisconsin, Madison
Thesis
Petrology and Structure of the Eiksundsdal Eclogite Complex, Hareidland, Sunnmøre, Norway (1964)

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Encyclopedic overview

Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, and former U.S. senator from New Mexico. He is the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon.

In December 1972, as a crewmember of Apollo 17, Schmitt became the first member of NASA's first scientist-astronaut group to fly in space. As Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo missions, he also became the twelfth and second-youngest person to walk on the Moon and the second-to-last person to step off the Moon (he boarded the Lunar Module shortly before commander Eugene Cernan). Schmitt also remains the only professional scientist to have landed on the Moon. Before training for Apollo 17, he was influential in the geology field for supporting the Apollo program and had helped train Apollo astronauts chosen to visit the lunar surface.

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