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Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon landing, carried the first scientist to the Moon. What was his field?

Geology: Harrison Schmitt was a geologist.

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  1. Astronomy
  2. Geology ✔
  3. Medicine

Why: Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt was a geologist, a rock scientist. On Apollo 17 in December 1972 he became the first scientist to walk on the Moon.

Huh, didn't know that: Schmitt was the twelfth person to walk on the Moon.

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Why did the geologist go to the Moon? He heard the rocks there were out of this world.
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Answer: Geology. Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt was a geologist, a rock scientist. On Apollo 17 in December 1972 he became the first scientist to walk on the Moon.

  1. NASA, Apollo 17 www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-17
    Schmitt is the first scientist and twelfth person to step foot on the Moon.
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. NASA, Apollo 17 www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-17
    The Apollo Program's last lunar landing mission
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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