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Also Known As Jack Schmitt • Harrison Hagan Schmitt
Born July 3, 1935 (age 91) • New Mexico
Title / Office United States Senate (1976-1982), United States

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Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt on the Moon, 1972
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(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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