Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space

Center episode 267 Apollo 1750th. I'm Gary Jordan, and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts,

all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight. We're now approaching

the 50th anniversary of the most recent human mission to the moon Apollo 17. It was 50 years

ago on December 7th, 1972, but the Saturn V ignited to bring humans to the lunar surface

for the last time during the Apollo program. Commander Jean Sernin, lunar module pilot Harrison

Schmidt, and command module pilot Ronald Evans took the journey and continued pushing boundaries

of exploration, breaking records for the duration of the mission, the greatest distance covered

on the lunar surface and more. Notably, Harrison Schmidt was the first and only geologist to walk

on the moon, and since his lunar excursion has remained active in the scientific community.

Today, we're working to return humans to the surface of the moon, this time sustainably,

and landing the first woman and the first person of color on its surface. In this incredible time,

I was lucky enough to talk with Dr. Harrison Schmidt, who often goes by Jack on this golden

anniversary to reflect on this historic mission 50 years later, and discuss where we are now,

and what's exciting about Artemis from the view of a scientist and an explorer.

So here we go, 50 years after his launch to walk on the moon, Dr. Harrison Schmidt, enjoy.

What a pleasure to be talking to you today. We're recording this ahead of the golden

anniversary of Apollo 17. I wanted to start there with some reflections on this milestone,

or 50 years past the Apollo 17 mission. Just taking a moment to sit back and think about it.

50 years ago, you were about to launch to the moon, you were walking on the moon.

What are some of your initial reactions, thoughts, and emotions?

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