Harrison H. Schmitt

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NASA astronaut United States senator geologist human

Harrison H. Schmitt is a geologist and former NASA astronaut who became the first professional scientist to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Harrison Schmitt	23
Harrison H. Schmitt canonical	14

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2169231 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harrison H. Schmitt
Context triple: [Apollo 17, lunarModulePilot, Harrison H. Schmitt]

A. Eugene Cernan
Eugene Cernan was an American astronaut, naval aviator, and engineer best known as the commander of Apollo 17 and the last person to walk on the Moon.
B. Fred Haise
Fred Haise is an American astronaut and test pilot best known as the lunar module pilot on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
C. John Young
John Young was an early American pioneer and land developer best known for founding and giving his name to the city of Youngstown, Ohio.
D. Andrew Aldrin
Andrew Aldrin is an American executive and academic in the space industry, best known as the son of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
E. Thomas Stafford
Thomas Stafford is a retired United States Air Force general and NASA astronaut best known for commanding the Apollo 10 mission and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harrison H. Schmitt
Target entity description: Harrison H. Schmitt is a geologist and former NASA astronaut who became the first professional scientist to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission.

A. Eugene Cernan
Eugene Cernan was an American astronaut, naval aviator, and engineer best known as the commander of Apollo 17 and the last person to walk on the Moon.
B. Fred Haise
Fred Haise is an American astronaut and test pilot best known as the lunar module pilot on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
C. John Young
John Young was an early American pioneer and land developer best known for founding and giving his name to the city of Youngstown, Ohio.
D. Andrew Aldrin
Andrew Aldrin is an American executive and academic in the space industry, best known as the son of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
E. Thomas Stafford
Thomas Stafford is a retired United States Air Force general and NASA astronaut best known for commanding the Apollo 10 mission and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA astronaut ⓘ United States senator ⓘ geologist ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ NASA Exceptional Service Medal ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1935-07-03 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Ernst Cloos ⓘ
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ University of Oslo ⓘ
employer	NASA ⓘ
endTime	1983 ⓘ
familyName	Schmitt ⓘ
fieldOfWork	geology ⓘ lunar geology ⓘ
givenName	Harrison ⓘ
hasAcademicDegree	Bachelor of Science in Science ⓘ PhD in Geology ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Republican Party
mission	Apollo 17 ⓘ
notableAchievement	last person to step onto the lunar surface during Apollo missions ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy for lunar resource utilization ⓘ geological fieldwork on the lunar surface ⓘ
notableWork	Return to the Moon (book) ⓘ first professional scientist to walk on the Moon ⓘ
occupation	astronaut ⓘ geologist ⓘ politician ⓘ
participantIn	Apollo 17 lunar landing ⓘ linked to: Apollo 17 Apollo program ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Santa Rita, New Mexico, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	United States Senator from New Mexico ⓘ
residence	New Mexico, United States ⓘ linked to: New Mexico
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spacewalk	extravehicular activities on the Moon during Apollo 17 ⓘ
startTime	1977 ⓘ
subjectOf	Apollo 17 mission reports ⓘ books on lunar geology ⓘ
wasOnBoard	Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America ⓘ Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger ⓘ
workLocation	New Mexico, United States ⓘ linked to: New Mexico

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Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo 17 → lunarModulePilot → Harrison H. Schmitt ⓘ

Apollo 17 → crewMember → Harrison H. Schmitt ⓘ

Apollo 17 → lastHumanMoonWalkers → Harrison H. Schmitt ⓘ

Apollo 17 → geologistAstronautOnSurface → Harrison H. Schmitt ⓘ

Apollo 15 → backupLunarModulePilot → Harrison H. Schmitt ⓘ

Taurus–Littrow valley → exploredByAstronaut → Harrison Schmitt ⓘ