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Apollo 17 Lunar Module pilot Harrison Schmitt completed a 53-week course in flight training after being selected by NASA in 1965. But he did not hold a Civil (FAA) Pilot Certificate during his flight to the moon and only currently holds a Student Pilot Certificate


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