Russell L. Schweickart

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Russell L. Schweickart is an American astronaut, best known as the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 9 mission and for his later work in space safety and asteroid impact prevention.

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instanceOf NASA astronaut
aerospace engineer
astronaut
human
politician
space safety advocate
test pilot
academicDegree Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics
Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics
awardReceived NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Exceptional Service Medal NERFINISHED
coFounded B612 Foundation NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1935-10-25
educatedAt Manasquan High School NERFINISHED
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer NASA
EVAApproximateDuration about 46 minutes
EVAOnMission Apollo 9 NERFINISHED
familyName Schweickart NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork asteroid impact mitigation
human spaceflight
planetary defense
fullName Russell Louis Schweickart NERFINISHED
givenName Russell NERFINISHED
knownFor advocacy on asteroid impact prevention
early testing of the Apollo Lunar Module in Earth orbit
lunar module pilot on Apollo 9
work on space safety
languageSpoken English
memberOf B612 Foundation NERFINISHED
NASA Astronaut Group 3 NERFINISHED
militaryRank Colonel, USAF
missionRole Lunar Module Pilot
nationality American
occupation aerospace engineer
astronaut
public official
test pilot
performedExtravehicularActivity true
placeOfBirth Neptune City, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED
politicalOfficeHeld commissioner of energy and environmental affairs of Massachusetts
positionHeld chairman of the board of the B612 Foundation
lunar module pilot on Apollo 9
selectedAsAstronaut 1963
servedIn United States Air Force NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraftFlown Apollo Command Module Gumdrop NERFINISHED
Apollo Lunar Module Spider NERFINISHED
spaceflightEnd 1969-03-13
spaceflightStart 1969-03-03
spaceMission Apollo 9 NERFINISHED

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NASA Astronaut Group 3 notableMember Russell L. Schweickart