“It’s a terrific tribute of course to the way all progress is made,” Rusty Schweickart said of the film. Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold-out crowd ...

On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first ... Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and Rusty Schweickart orbited Earth for 10 days. They tested the lunar module’s ...

But this wasn’t Sonoma’s first step to cosmological fame, for Russell “Rusty” Schweickart, who served as one of the three astronauts aboard Apollo 9 in 1969, has been a resident of the ...

Launched to honor Apollo 9 astronaut Russell "Rusty" Schweickart, it recognizes students, and early career individuals working towards planetary defense solutions The Schweickart Prize ...