Pa. - Apollo astronaut Harrison Schmitt, a scientist who walked on the moon and later represented his home state of New Mexico in the U.S. Senate, will deliver three talks at Lafayette College on Monday, April 19.
All events are free and open to the public.
Schmitt was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission to the moon. Harrison Schmitt is the only scientist to have walked and worked on the moon, so he is a natural choice to bring the excitement of the Apollo program to our campus. Schmitt has the diverse experience of a geologist, pilot, astronaut, businessman, writer, and U.S. Senator. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Oslo and Harvard, holds a doctorate in geology and received Air Force jet pilot wings in 1965 and Navy helicopter wings in 1967. Selected for the Scientist-Astronaut program in 1965, Schmitt, a native of Silver City, N.M., organized the lunar science training for the Apollo astronauts, managed much of the development of hardware and procedures for lunar surface exploration, and oversaw the final preparation of the Apollo Lunar Module Descent Stage.