Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, a retired NASA astronaut, university professor, and a former U.S. senator from New Mexico.Schmitt was the first of NASA's first scientist astronaut group to fly in space, on the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. He was the twelfth and last man to set foot on the Moon. As of 2013 he is the only professional geologist to visit the Moon. He was influential with the community of lunar geologists supporting the Apollo program, and used this to improve the geological training of the pilot-astronauts who landed on the Moon.Schmitt resigned from NASA in August 1975 to run for election to the United States Senate from New Mexico in the 1976 election. He ran as a Republican and defeated the two-term incumbent. He was defeated for a second term in 1982.. }
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- Harrison_Schmitt abstract "Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, a retired NASA astronaut, university professor, and a former U.S. senator from New Mexico.Schmitt was the first of NASA's first scientist astronaut group to fly in space, on the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. He was the twelfth and last man to set foot on the Moon. As of 2013 he is the only professional geologist to visit the Moon. He was influential with the community of lunar geologists supporting the Apollo program, and used this to improve the geological training of the pilot-astronauts who landed on the Moon.Schmitt resigned from NASA in August 1975 to run for election to the United States Senate from New Mexico in the 1976 election. He ran as a Republican and defeated the two-term incumbent. He was defeated for a second term in 1982.".