SPECIAL LECTURE - Wednesday, 10 July at 4.00 pm.

Harrison H. Schmitt – the last human to walk on the Moon

2002 marks the 30th Anniversary of Apollo 17 and Harrison Schmitt's visit to the Moon, the last by humans...

Selected for the Scientist-Astronaut program in 1965, Harrison Schmitt organized the lunar science training for the Apollo Astronauts, represented the crews during the development of hardware and procedures for lunar surface exploration, and oversaw the final preparation of the Apollo Lunar Module Descent Stage. He was designated Mission Scientist in support of the Apollo 11 mission.

After training as back-up Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 15, Schmitt served in that same capacity on Apollo 17 - the last Apollo mission to the moon. On December 11, 1972, he landed in the Valley of Taurus-Littrow as the only scientist and the last of 12 men to step on the Moon.
Photo by “Dana Holland"

Dr Schmitt is Chair Emeritus of The Annapolis Center (risk assessment evaluation) and holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, teaching "Resources from Space." Schmitt's current corporate board memberships include Orbital Sciences Corporation and PhDx Systems, Inc., and he is a Member of the Corporation of the Draper, Laboratory. He is a founder and the Chairman of Interlune-Intermars Initiative, Inc., advancing the private sector's acquisition of lunar resources and He-3 fusion power and broad clinical use of medical isotopes produced by fusion-related processes.