web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:47:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Universe University - Episodes Tagged with “Jack Schmitt History” https://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/tags/jack%20schmitt%20history Fri, 16 Dec 2022 15:00:00 -0600 Universe University takes listeners on a cosmic adventure through outer space: from the history of human spaceflight and astronomy to the cutting edge theoretical physics. It is an entertaining and informative exploration of how human beings have sought and found answers to some of our most profound questions about the universe... as well as a look at those questions that are still unanswered. en-us episodic A journey through astronomy and space history to the outer boundaries of the universe. Universe University Production Universe University takes listeners on a cosmic adventure through outer space: from the history of human spaceflight and astronomy to the cutting edge theoretical physics. It is an entertaining and informative exploration of how human beings have sought and found answers to some of our most profound questions about the universe... as well as a look at those questions that are still unanswered. no Space, Astronomy, SETI, History, Space Travel, space race, armstrong, first man, cosmos, spacex, History, education, Mars, Elon Musk, Space Shuttle, black hole Universe University Production show@universeuniversity.space Episode 17: The Twelfth Man http://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/39 c5a03eec-7be9-4cde-8be8-4b618c11a328 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 15:00:00 -0600 Universe University Production full Universe University Production A 50th anniversary special to commemorate Apollo 17. 17:39 no 50 years ago today, the three Apollo 17 astronauts departed the Moon to return to Earth. It was the first time in human history that a scientist set foot on another world: geologist Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt. What lessons does this historic mission have to teach us in the coming years as humans finally return to the Moon with the Artemis program? RECORDED BY: Jantzen Carter REFERENCES: 'Apollo 17: Diary of the Twelfth Man' by Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt 'The Last Man on the Moon' by Eugene Cernan and Don Davis 'A Man on the Moon' by Andrew Chaikin MUSIC: "Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Apollo 17, SLS, Gene Cernan, Jack Schmitt, Artemis, Space, History, Science, NASA, universe university, 50 years ago today, the three Apollo 17 astronauts departed the Moon to return to Earth. It was the first time in human history that a scientist set foot on another world: geologist Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt. What lessons does this historic mission have to teach us in the coming years as humans finally return to the Moon with the Artemis program?

RECORDED BY: Jantzen Carter

REFERENCES:

'Apollo 17: Diary of the Twelfth Man' by Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt

'The Last Man on the Moon' by Eugene Cernan and Don Davis

'A Man on the Moon' by Andrew Chaikin

MUSIC:

"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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RECORDED BY: Jantzen Carter

REFERENCES:

'Apollo 17: Diary of the Twelfth Man' by Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt

'The Last Man on the Moon' by Eugene Cernan and Don Davis

'A Man on the Moon' by Andrew Chaikin

MUSIC:

"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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