Harrison Schmitt

Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, a former NASA astronaut, University Professor and a U.S. Senator for one term. He is the last of the Apollo astronauts to arrive and set foot on the Moon (crewmate Eugene Cernan exited the Apollo Lunar Module first). However, as Schmitt re-entered the module first, Cernan became the last astronaut to walk on and depart the moon. Schmitt is also the first—and so far only—p... more

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  • Jul 3, 1935 (age 74 years)

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  • Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt,
  • Harrison Hagan Schmit,
  • Harrison H. Schmitt
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