Word: schweickart
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...antelope, a pumpkin and two dolphins) atop the serving tables, and an all-star guest list of 2,000, including Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, director of the center, was there, as were Christopher Columbus Kraft and 23 of the 48 active astronauts. Said one guest, as Astronaut Rusty Schweickart walked by: "I don't know who he is, but he's one of them." Jan Armstrong, Pat Collins and Joan Aldrin formed a shortlived receiving line, Mrs. Armstrong taking the honors in a white lace dress and orchid corsage...
During his space walk on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 mission, Astronaut Russell Schweickart shot photos of Astronaut David Scott, who was standing in an open hatch of the command module (Gumdrop). Scott, at the same time, was taking pictures of Schweickart standing on the platform of the docked lunar module (Spider). Inside Gumdrop, Astronaut James McDivitt was busy photographing Schweickart. "Now we're all taking pictures of everybody taking pictures," Schweickart commented. The photographic frenzy continued unabated for the remainder of the mission. Thus last week the world was treated to pictures as varied and excellent...
Just as they were becoming attached to their cameras, the Apollo 9 astronauts were forced to sacrifice some of them for expediency. Because no provision had been made for safe storage of all of the cameras aboard Gumdrop during its reentry, Astronauts McDivitt and Schweickart were ordered to leave a Hasselblad, a Maurer and their $453,000 TV camera behind in Spider, which is still in space. The cameras will last as long as Spider continues in orbit. But about 19 years from now, as the strange craft re-enters the atmosphere, the cameras, along with Spider, will be burned...
...audience had a close-up view of the astronauts when they splashed down and as they emerged from the bobbing spaceship they call Gumdrop. As the Guadalcanal moved to within 100 yards of the spacecraft, TV cameras on the deck zoomed in to show Astronauts David Scott, Russell Schweickart and James McDivitt tumbling into inflated rubber rafts-a surprisingly awkward operation after the precise maneuvers and sophisticated procedure of the space flight...
When Astronaut Scott was finally able to hitch a ride after ten misses, the cage swung widely back and forth in stomach-churning arcs as it was lifted to the helicopter. Astronaut Schweickart, the next passenger, was splashed through the water on the first swing of the sling. Astronaut McDivitt was forced to take refuge on the flotation collar when the wind flipped over his raft. McDivitt got a thorough soaking and dizzying spin before he was lifted safely aboard the helicopter. Although the astronauts were probably never in real danger, the recovery provided exciting counterpoint to Apollo...