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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Russell Louis "Rusty" Schweickart aka Schweikart (born October 25, 1935) is an American astronaut. Schweickart was born in Neptune, New Jersey. He earned an B.S. and M.S. in Aeronautics/Astronautics from MIT in 1956 and 1963 respectively. He is also a former member of the 101st Tactical Fighter Squadron. Description above from the Wikipedia article Russell…
Known for
- Apollo 1: Destination Moon — Self2025
- La Californie ! — Self - Engineer & astronaut2023
- On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime2019
- Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story — Self2015
- Gaia Symphony — Self1992
- The other side of the Moon — Self1990
- For All Mankind — Self - Narrator - Apollo 9 (voice)1989
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Key facts
- Born
- Russell Louis Schweickart , ( 1935-10-25 ) October 25, 1935, Neptune, New Jersey , U.S.
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( BS , MS )
- Spouses
- Clare Whitfield ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 , divorced ) Nancy Ramsey
- Awards
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- Rank
- Captain , USAF
- Time in space
- 10d 1h 0m
- Selection
- NASA Group 3 (1963)
- Total eva time
- 1h 17m
- Missions
- Apollo 9
- Website
- rustyschweickart .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 3
- Given name
- Russell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Neptune Township
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Air Force
- Official website
- people.well.com/user/rs
- Image
- RustySchweickart.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Russell Louis "Rusty" Schweickart (also Schweikart; born October 25, 1935) is an American aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut, research scientist, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, business executive, and government executive.
Schweickart was selected in 1963 for NASA's third astronaut group. He was the Lunar Module Pilot on the 1969 Apollo 9 mission, the first crewed flight test of the lunar module, on which he performed the first in-space test of the portable life support system used by the Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon. As backup commander of the first crewed Skylab mission in 1973, he was responsible for developing the hardware and procedures used by the first crew to perform critical in-flight repairs of the Skylab station. After Skylab, he served for a time as Director of User Affairs in NASA's Office of Applications.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rusty Schweickart” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.