“accelerating research into global climate change through more comprehensive Earth observations”
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Harrison Schmitt
Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, and former U.S. senator from New Mexico. He is the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon.
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Born 3 July 1935 · Q108886
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2026· 3 entries
Public attention spiked: 4,247 Wikipedia readers in one day, 12.7× the usual 335, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Awards and honors added facts
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Along with the crew of the Artemis II lunar flyby that took place that April
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2022· 1 entry
Won Silver Medal of the President of the Senate (2022).
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2019· 1 entry
Won Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal (2019).
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2018· 1 entry
The Schmitt Space Communicator SC-1x named in his honor was carried aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule in a project partly funded by NASA
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2017· 1 entry
Schmitt is the most recent person to have walked on the Moon who is still alive
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Leif Erikson Awards (2015).
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Awarded Leif Erikson Award (2015).
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2013· 1 entry
Schmitt co-authored an opinion column in The Wall Street Journal with William Happer, contending that increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are not significantly correlated with global warming, attributin
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2012· 2 entries
Published “Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,801 times.
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Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,664 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Published “Brand Experience: What is It? How is it Measured? Does it Affect Loyalty?” in Journal of Marketing — cited 6,924 times.
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Gerard K. O’Neill Memorial Award (2007).
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1997· 1 entry
Proposed the Interlune InterMars Initiative, listing among its goals the advancement of private-sector acquisition and use of lunar resources, particularly lunar helium-3 as a fuel for notional nuclear fusion reactors
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1992· 1 entry
Published “A new family of mesoporous molecular sieves prepared with liquid crystal templates” in Journal of the American Chemical Society — cited 9,957 times.
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded G. K. Gilbert Award (1989).
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1982· 1 entry
Facing state Attorney General Jeff Bingaman
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1981· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1981–1983).
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1979· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1979–1981).
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1977· 2 entries
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1977).
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Career landmark: United States senator (1977–1979).
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1976· 1 entry
Schmitt defeated the unknown Eugene Peirce
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1975· 1 entry
Schmitt retired from NASA to seek election as a Republican to the United States Senate representing New Mexico in the 1976 election
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1973· 2 entries
Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1973).
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For his contribution as the first geologist to land on the Moon and study its geology
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1972· 1 entry
And for his part in the geology training of all the astronauts that walked on the Moon before him
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1964· 1 entry
Based on his geological field studies in Norway
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1957· 1 entry
And then spent a year studying geology at the University of Oslo in Norway, as a Fulbright Scholar
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-07-03.
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