{"id":62620,"date":"2025-08-06T12:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62620\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:44:16","slug":"sonoma-home-of-apollo-9-astronaut-lands-on-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62620\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonoma Home of Apollo 9 Astronaut Lands on the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">A notable addition to Sonoma\u2019s real estate inventory is the home of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressdemocrat.com\/article\/lifestyle\/sonoma-man-reflects-on-life-as-an-apollo-astronaut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">astronaut Russell \u201cRusty\u201d Schweickart, who piloted the Apollo 9 lunar module<\/a> that made way for the Apollo 11 moonwalk. The well-traveled Schweickart settled on a sweet patch of earth on Sonoma\u2019s east side, where he has called home since 2000.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 3,071-square-foot dwelling is now listed for $2,500,000.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At the entrance, the light-drenched, high-ceilinged foyer shines in this circa-1991 home. A grand double staircase leads to the upstairs, which includes a library.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127763 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/09-Untitled_Panorama-1.jpg\" alt=\"Foyer in Sonoma home of Apollo 9 astronaut\" width=\"2533\" height=\"2560\"  \/>Foyer with double staircase in the Sonoma home of Apollo 9 astronaut Russell \u201cRusty\u201d Schweickart. (Daniel Wilson \/ Photovino)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127768 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/31-DSC08866_ENF-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"Orangerie in Sonoma home of Apollo 9 astronaut\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/>Orangerie with French and transom windows, plus skylights, in the Sonoma home of Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart. (Daniel Wilson \/ Photovino)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">An orangerie \u2014 a home addition designed to serve as a greenhouse \u2014 has repeating French and transom windows, plus skylights. The structure creates a light-flooded seating area with generous views to the gardens and, predictably, the stars.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The home includes an updated kitchen. The grounds are lush with mature plantings.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For more information on this home at 760 Fifth St. E. in Sonoma, contact listing agent Kathleen Leonard, Compass Real Estate, 135 W. Napa St., Suite 200, Sonoma, 707-287-4314, <a href=\"https:\/\/kathleenleonard.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kathleenleonard.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compass.com\/listing\/760-5th-street-east-sonoma-ca-95476\/1875514549301892561\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">compass.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A notable addition to Sonoma\u2019s real estate inventory is the home of astronaut Russell \u201cRusty\u201d Schweickart, who piloted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[46516,79,46517,46518,46519,193],"class_list":["post-62620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-apollo-astronaut","tag-science","tag-sonoma-county-real-estate","tag-sonoma-home","tag-sonoma-real-estate","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}