Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt visited NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on June 3 for an interview with Fox News as part of an upcoming feature commemorating this July's 40th anniversary of the first moon landing.

During his visit, Schmitt spoke with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team members. Scheduled for launch on June 17, LRO and its companion mission, LCROSS, will help identify safe landing sites for future human explorers, locate potential resources -- particularly water ice, characterize the radiation environment and test new technology.