Harrison Schmitt

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

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Back in 2006, Apollo astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocated a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon—to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human colonies

50 years after the last Apollo mission in 1972, only 4 of the 12 moonwalkers are still alive: Charlie Duke, Buzz Aldrin, Dave Scott and Harrison Schmitt. After leaving NASA, Duke chose the creationist belief that everything in the universe was created by a God

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt presented a 14 gram lunar rock sample sealed in a clear container the size of a pickle jar to the White House in 2018 to mark Space Policy Directive 1, which directs NASA to return humans to the moon

Graduate Students Meet Astronaut Harrison Schmitt at National Conference

InfiniteMIT | Harrison Schmitt, “A Trip to the Moon" - Mass Space Grant Consortium Public Lecture

Opinion: Why NASA’s Artemis Matters by Dr Harrison Schmitt

Apollo astronaut Harrison Schmitt suggests intensive cross-country skiing lessons for future lunar astronauts to help them explore the surface more quickly. He recommended the Taurus-Littrow valley as a potential destination for a lunar ski resort

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

Harrison Schmitt, Last living person to walk on the Moon lectured at The College of Science March 31

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt is the only scientist to have explored the Moon’s surface. Because he was not a pilot, as all previous astronauts were, Dr. Schmitt attended a 53-week course in flight training, logging more than 2,100 hours flying time