Russell L. Schweickart Born October 25, 1935 in Neptune, New Jersey Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, MIT Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT About the Man Russell Schweickart served as a pilot in the United States Air Force and in the Air National Guard from 1956 to 1963. Schweickart was a research scientist at the Experimental Astronomy Laboratory at MIT. His work there involved research in upper atmospheric physics, star tracking, and stabilization of stellar images. Schweickart's thesis for a Master's Degree at MIT concerned stratospheric radiance. About the Spaceflight Apollo 9 March 3-13, 1969 Russell Schweickart served as lunar module pilot for the flight of Apollo 9. The crew of Apollo 9 demonstrated support facilities for the crew, the spacecraft, and the mission during this Earth orbital flight, with a total of 152 orbits, in preparation for a manned lunar landing flight. It was the first manned flight to use all lunar hardware in Earth orbit, including the Lunar Excursion Module, LEM. The crew also demonstrated their performance with the LEM. The Apollo 9 astronauts performed selected lunar orbit rendezvous mission activities including transposition, intervehicular crew transfer, and LEM active rendezvous and docking. They tested human reactions to space and weightlessness. Flight Duration: Ten days, and one hour Click on the Apollo 9 patch to read about Russell Schweickart's historic spaceflight in more detail at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Website. webmaster@muldrake.com Russell Schweickart's Guestbook Idiots with too much time on their hands spam my guestbooks so I dumped them. If you would like to comment on this page, please visit my Space Blog. Sorry for the incovenience. All Graphics and Info Courtesy of NASA and the Kennedy Space Center Read about: NASA's Original Seven Astronauts Or NASA's Second Group of Astronauts Return to NASA's Third Group of Astronauts Or to Space...Not Science Fiction Anymore Telescope courtesy of #1 Free Clip Art Words by Muldrake (unless otherwise indicated) Who is Muldrake? Copyright © 1996 2002 2004 2007 2008 Muldrake All Rights Reserved Click on the the telescope to navigate your way back to NASA's 3rd Group of Astronauts