Harrison Schmitt





Full Name: Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt
Birthdate: July 3, 1935 - Santa Rita, New Mexico
Education: Bachelor of Science in geology - California Institute of Technology
Ph.D. in geology - Harvard University
Selection: NASA Group 4 (1965)




Apollo 17
CSM America
LM Challenger
December 7-19, 1972









Harrison Schmitt spent a year studying geology at the University of Oslo in Norway.




Harrison Schmitt in the CM America during the Apollo 17 mission Harrison Schmitt and the United States flag on the lunar surface
during the Apollo 17 mission
Harrison Schmitt collecting lunar samples at "Tracy's Rock"
during the Apollo 17 mission



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