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Russell L. "Rusty" Schweickart (born October 25,
1935, in Neptune, New Jersey|Neptune, New Jersey)
is an American astronaut.

Schweickart became an astronaut in October of
1963. He has spent over 241 hours in space on one
spaceflight. In 1969, Schweickart served on the
Apollo 9 mission during which he piloted the lunar
module. This was the first manned test of the
Apollo lunar module as well as the first broadcast
of music from space. Schweickart was also due to
perform an EVA, the first of the Apollo Programme
that would test the Portable Life Support System
that would be used to walk on the Moon.

Schweickart began to suffer from space sickness on
the first day in orbit forcing the postponement of
the EVA. Schweickart's condition was made worse as
the mission Commander James McDivitt did not
report it to Mission Control (the flight surgeon
could have advised Schweikart on ways of limiting
the effects). Eventually Schweickart improved and
completed the EVA standing on the Lunar Module and
provided an evocative description of the earth.

The space sickness contributed to Schweickart
being sidelined for further Apollo missions and he
concentrated on the Skylab programme.

Schweickart was awarded the NASA Distinguished
Service Medal, and the NASA Exceptional Service
Medal in 1973.

Rusty Schweickart has spoken and taught at the
Esalen Institute.   Schweickart is also cofounder
of the B612 Foundation, a group that aims to
defend Earth from Earth impact|asteroid impacts.

==External links==
*http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/schweickart
-rl.html Astronaut Bio R. Schweickart from NASA
*http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC03/Schweick.htm No
Frames, No Boundaries Connecting with the whole
planet—from space by Russell Schweickart