Editing Rusty Schweickart (section)

== Awards and honors ==
[[File:Rusty Schweickart in 2022 by Christopher Michel 1.jpg|thumb|Rusty Schweickart in 2022]]

He was awarded the [[NASA Distinguished Service Medal]] (1969)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31060047/florida_today/|title=Apollo 9 Crew Gets Awards|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Florida Today|location=Cocoa, Florida|date=March 27, 1969|page=14A|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051838/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31060047/florida_today/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] [[De la Vaulx Medal]] (1970) for his Apollo 9 flight. He also received the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] Special Trustees Award ([[Emmy Award]]) in 1969 for transmitting the first live TV pictures from space. In 1973, Schweickart was also awarded the [[NASA Exceptional Service Medal]] for his leadership role in the Skylab rescue efforts. He was inducted into the [[New Mexico Museum of Space History|International Space Hall of Fame]] in 1983 and the [[U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29964158/el_paso_times/|title=Space Hall Inducts 14 Apollo Program Astronauts|last1=Sheppard|first1=David|newspaper=El Paso Times|location=El Paso, Texas|date=October 2, 1983|page=18|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 27, 2019|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091656/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29964158/el_paso_times/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28283877/florida_today/|title=Ceremony to Honor Astronauts|newspaper=Florida Today|location=Cocoa, Florida|page=2B|date=October 2, 1997|last1=Meyer|first1=Marilyn|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011231/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28283877/florida_today/|url-status=live}}</ref> Main-belt asteroid {{MoMP|17033|17033 Rusty}} was named in his honor.<ref name="SBDB-17033-Rusty" />

In 2012, Schweickart was inducted into the [[International Air & Space Hall of Fame]] at the [[San Diego Air & Space Museum]].<ref>Sprekelmeyer, Linda, editor. ''These We Honor: The International Aerospace Hall of Fame''. Donning Co. Publishers, 2006. {{ISBN|978-1578643974}}.</ref>

In 1892, his grandfather Jacques Schweickart emigrated<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cercle généalogique d'Alsace|url=http://www.alsace-genealogie.com/spip.php?article119|access-date=June 29, 2020|website=www.alsace-genealogie.com|archive-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629093024/http://www.alsace-genealogie.com/spip.php?article119|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Commune de Lembach|url=https://www.lembach.fr/ecole/?page_id=105|access-date=June 29, 2020|language=fr-FR|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630230312/https://www.lembach.fr/ecole/?page_id=105|url-status=live}}</ref> from [[Lembach]], a small town located in [[Alsace]], [[France]], to the United States. After visiting Lembach several times, Schweickart has been awarded honorary citizenship of the town.<ref name=":0" />