Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold- out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of “Apollo 1” on Saturday, March 22.

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 ...

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 the lunar module was … key to the whole program.” Flying with Apollo 9 crewmates Rusty Schweickart and David Scott, McDivitt’s mission was the first in-space test of the lightweight ...

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

“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 ...