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Name: Jack Schmitt
Variant Name: Harrison Hagan Schmitt
Birth Date: July 3, 1935
Place of Birth: Santa Rita, New Mexico, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: geologist, astronaut, senator

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Biography of Jack Schmitt
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Harrison "Jack" Schmitt (born 1935), a geologist, was the first professional scientist to walk on the moon. In December 1972, he and Gene Cernan spent three days on the moon's surface, logging a record 301 hours on the surface and collecting a record...


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Schmitt, Harrison Summary
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Astronaut Harrison Schmitt was photographed in December, 1971, in front of the lunar globe he helped develop. American Astronaut and Senator 1935- Born in Santa...
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Harrison Hagan Schmitt Summary
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1935- American geologist and astronaut who was the first scientist-astronaut in space and who landed on the Moon during Apollo 17 (1972), the last space flight to the Moon. Dr. Schmitt worked as a geologist until NASA selected him in June 1965 in its...
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Dr. Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, a former NASA astronaut and a one-term U.S. Senator. He is the twelfth person to walk on the Moon; as of 2007, of the nine living moonwalkers, he and his crewmate Eugene...


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Automotive News
Personnel.(People)(Peter Schmitt appointed at Dassault Systemes S.A.)(Jeff Kaminski appointed at Federal-Mogul Corp.)(Homer Harrison appointed at Coherix Corp.)
05/12/2008: 417 words, approx. 1 pages
CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP. - Vincent Taormina, 52, to the board of directors. He is former CEO of Taormina Industries Inc., a solid-waste and recycling company that merged with Republic Services in 1997. Taormina fills the vacancy on Clean Energy's board created by...
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Chemistry and Industry
The isotope man: astronaut Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt talks to Richard Corfield about his enthusiasm for harnessing the moon's resources as a source of limitless, cheap energy.(Moon energy)
01/28/2008: 1,821 words, approx. 6 pages
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] At 22:54:37 GMT on 14 December 1972 a flower of hypergolic flame blossomed under the spidery metal carcass of Apollo 17's lunar module Challenger and it lifted gracefully away from the valley of Taurus-Littrow where it had spent the previous...
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The New York Observer
Fly Me to the Moon, Baby! Spaceman Documentary Recalls\'d1Just Imagine!\'d1A Hopeful, Helpful America
9/4/2007: 595 words, approx. 2 pages
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOONRunning time 100 minutesDirected by David Sington Starring Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young and others David Sington’s In the Shadow of the Moon moved me to the extremes of nostalgia, regret and outright admiration as no other movie has...
 


 

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