Artifact: Harrison Schmitt signed photo
Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.5 cm.

Description:

Official NASA litho signed by Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt. It comes with a certificate of authenticiy from The Space Collective.

Harrison Schmitt, born on July 3, 1935, is an American geologist, astronaut, and former politician. He is best known for being one of the 12 astronauts who walked on the moon as part of NASA's Apollo program. Schmitt was the last of the Apollo astronauts to step onto the lunar surface during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972.

Selected as a NASA astronaut in 1965, Schmitt served as a backup lunar module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission. However, due to changes in the astronaut rotation schedule, he was assigned as the lunar module pilot for Apollo 17. During this mission, Schmitt spent three days on the moon's surface, conducting experiments, collecting samples, and exploring the Taurus-Littrow valley.

Item: Harrison Schmitt beta cloth name tag
Size: 19.2 x 6.2 cm.

Description: This beta cloth name tag corresponds to the type II (despite the "III" inscription on this item) - showing the first initial and surname of the astronaut, using the same typeface as the Type I tags (Futura condensed) printed with dark blue ink, as it was used by the Lunar Module Pilot. This style of nametag was used on the Inflight Coverall Garment (ICG, on the chest), Constant wear garment (CWG, on the chest), portable life support system (PLSS, on the back cover), PLSS oxygen purge system (OPS, on the top cover), and on the PLSS remote control unit (RCU, on the cover).

Harrison Schmitt wearing the Inflight Coverall Garment. Credit: NASA.

More information: Crew Patch Reference Guide / Beta cloth patches