ASTRONAUT

Harrison Schmitt

1935 - Today

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Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harrison Schmitt has received more than 1,741,734 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Harrison Schmitt is the 18th most popular astronaut (down from 17th in 2019), the 1,152nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,305th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Astronaut.

Harrison Schmitt is most famous for being the twelfth man to walk on the moon.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Harrison Schmitt ranks 18 out of 556. Before him are Alan Shepard, Dennis Tito, Svetlana Savitskaya, Valeri Polyakov, Andriyan Nikolayev, and David Scott. After him are James Irwin, Frank Borman, Sigmund Jähn, Jim Lovell, Alan Bean, and Gus Grissom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Harrison Schmitt ranks 49. Before him are Jim Peebles, Artur Rasizade, Mirella Freni, Ei-ichi Negishi, Jack Kemp, and Harvey J. Alter. After him are Pepe, David Harvey, Zhelyu Zhelev, John Saxon, Satoshi Ōmura, and Masahito, Prince Hitachi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harrison Schmitt ranks 1,152 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Reeves (1926), Gena Rowlands (1930), Jeremy Renner (1971), George Carlin (1937), Vincent Price (1911), and Stan Getz (1927). After him are Tom Berenger (1949), Vannevar Bush (1890), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), Ed Lauter (1938), Richard Barthelmess (1895), and Jennifer Jones (1919).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Harrison Schmitt ranks 9. Before him are Buzz Aldrin (1930), Pete Conrad (1930), John Glenn (1921), Alan Shepard (1923), Dennis Tito (1940), and David Scott (1932). After him are James Irwin (1930), Frank Borman (1928), Jim Lovell (1928), Alan Bean (1932), Gus Grissom (1926), and Ed White (1930).

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