Harrison Schmitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Harrison Schmitt

United States astronaut, 12th man to set foot on the Moon

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1935

Place of Birth: Santa Rita, New Mexico, United States

Profession: scientist, astronaut, politician, geologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Harrison Hagan "Jack" 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 person still living to have walked on the Moon. In December 1972, as one of the crew on board Apollo 17, Schmitt became the first member of NASA's first scientist-astronaut group to fly in space.
As Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo missions, he also became the twelfth and second-youngest person to set foot on the Moon and the second-to-last person to step off of the Moon (he boarded the Lunar Module shortly before commander Eugene Cernan).
Schmitt also remains the only professional scientist to have flown beyond low Earth orbit and to have visited the Moon.
He was influential within the community of geologists supporting the Apollo program and, before starting his own preparations for an Apollo mission, had been one of the scientists training those Apollo astronauts chosen to visit the lunar surface. Schmitt resigned from NASA in August 1975 to run for election to the United States Senate as a member from New Mexico.
As the Republican candidate in the 1976 election, he defeated Democratic incumbent Joseph Montoya.
In the 1982 election, Schmitt was defeated by Democrat Jeff Bingaman.