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Harrison Schmitt Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt on the Moon, 1972
Watch Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt walking and singing on the Moon in December 1972
Explore the timeline of the Apollo missions that led the United States to land the first humans on the Moon. (Top) Apollo 17 scientist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt working at the Lunar Roving Vehicle at the Taurus-Littrow site. This is the area where Schmitt first spotted orange soil. Apollo 17 was launched December 7, 1972. (Bottom) Schmitt standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Edwin E. Aldrin (Buzz Aldrin) stands on the moon, Apollo 11
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Also Known As Harrison Hagan Schmitt • Jack Schmitt
Born July 3, 1935 (age 90) • New Mexico
Title / Office United States Senate (1976-1982), United States

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Harrison Schmitt
Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt on the Moon, 1972
Explore the timeline of the Apollo missions that led the United States to land the first humans on the Moon.
(Top) Apollo 17 scientist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt working at the Lunar Roving Vehicle at the Taurus-Littrow site. This is the area where Schmitt first spotted orange soil. Apollo 17 was launched December 7, 1972. (Bottom) Schmitt standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.
Watch Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt walking and singing on the Moon in December 1972
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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