Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Happy birthday, Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart!


Russell Louis Schweickart, born October 25, 1935, was the Lunar Module on Apollo 9, the first manned flight test of the Lunar Module in March 1969.  He was backup commander for the first manned Skylab 2 mission in 1973 and was on the support crew for Skylab 4.


Here Rusty talks about his experience during his EVA on Apollo 9.

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