“When you go around the Earth in an hour and a half, you begin to recognize that your identity is with that whole thing. That makes a change... it comes through to you so powerfully that you're the sensing element for Man.”

About Rusty Schweickart

Astronaut • American

Rusty Schweickart is a renowned American former astronaut, aeronautical engineer, and scientist. He is best known for his role as the Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 9 mission in March 1969. During this mission, he...