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Mar 15

Space Rocket History #435 – Soyuz 12 & 13

Posted on March 15, 2024

This second generation of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Soyuz 7k-T was flown on Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 40 missions from 1973–1981. The new 7K-T spacecraft was designed to accommodate only two cosmonauts who would wear pressure suits at all times during l...

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Tagged:Dos, Okb 1, Okb 3, Oleg Makarov, Ops, Orion 2, Proton, Pyotr Klimuk, Salyut 2, Soyuz 12, Soyuz 13, Valentin Lebedev, Vasily Lazarev, Vasily Mishin

Mar 1

Space Rocket History #434 – Salyut 2, Mars 4, 5, 6, 7 & Tang Ceremony

Posted on March 1, 2024

At this point in 1973, the Soviets were attempting to fly 2 types of space station, the long duration orbital station scientific version called DOS. The other station was a military spy space station equipped with a machine gun, called Almaz or OPS ...

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Tagged:Almaz, Chelomey, Dos, Mars 4, Mars 5, Mars 6, Mars7, Mol, Okb 1, Okb 52, Ops, Proton, Salyut 2, Vasily Mishin

Feb 18

Space Rocket History #433 – Skylab – Crashdown

Posted on February 18, 2024

Despite predictions, events seldom occur precisely as expected. The calculated breakup altitude of Skylab was based on its intended structural strength specifications. However, the actual vehicle was stronger than the specified strength requirements.

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Tagged:Australia, Charles Harlan, Ed Gibson, Esperance, Garriott, Hans Kennel, Iss, Joe Kerwin, Kraft, Norad, Perth, Robert Frosh, Skylab, Space Shuttle, Teleoperator Retrieval System, Vance Brand

Feb 2

Space Rocket History #432 – Skylab – Reboost

Posted on February 2, 2024

The official decision to proceed with the Skylab reboost mission was made on September 1st 1977, initiating a two-year preparation period for the development and production of the required hardware and systems.

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Tagged:Apollo 18, Fred Haise, Jack Lousma, President Carter, Robert Frosh, Skylab, Space Shuttle, Sts 3, Teleoperator Retrieval System, Vance Brand

Jan 19

Space Rocket History #431 – Skylab – Skylab 5 & Skylab B

Posted on January 19, 2024

Early in the planning stages of the Skylab flight, there was a desire to keep it in orbit long enough to use it as the core of a larger station.

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Tagged:Apollo 18, Apollo 19, Don Lind, Lenoir, Saturn V, Skylab, Skylab 5, Skylab B, Vance Brand

Jan 5

Space Rocket History #430 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Leaving Skylab

Posted on January 5, 2024

Activating the station upon arrival was a challenge, but packing up to return home was also a major event that took several days. For Carr and his crew, this was the last planned visit, but they left open the possibility of a return visit at some poi...

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Tagged:Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Skylab, Skylab 4, Splashdown, William Pogue

Dec 15

Space Rocket History #429 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Solar Observations and the Last EVA

Posted on December 15, 2023

The next time an American would venture outside of a spacecraft would be on a Space Shuttle flight and that was nine years later. In less than a decade, from June 1965 to February 1974, American astronauts had learned to effectively work in Earth orb...

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Tagged:Apollo Telescope Mount, Atm, Ed Gibson, Eva, Jerry Carr, Skylab, Skylab 4, Solar Flare, William Pogue

Dec 1

Space Rocket History #428 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Kohoutek in all its Glory

Posted on December 1, 2023

This crew was the first to celebrate a new year in space 17 times as they orbited the earth and moved through the time zones.

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Tagged:Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Kohoutek, Skylab, Skylab 4, William Pogue

Nov 17

Space Rocket History #427 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Christmas in Space

Posted on November 17, 2023

“We and everybody on the ground thought that it was going to be a beautiful, brilliant comet. It turned out to be beautiful all right, but it was so faint that we really had to work to find it. Once we did find it, we observed a gorgeous thing: small...

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Tagged:Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Kohoutek, Skylab, Skylab 4, William Pogue

Nov 3

Space Rocket History #426 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – The First EVA

Posted on November 3, 2023

“Nothing was outside, three times I went out that hatch into the ‘truly great outdoors.’ When I was out there, it was a silent world, except for the whispers of my own breath. Sometimes I felt totally alone, like the world below didn’t even know I wa...

Tagged:Barium Cloud, Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Kohoutek, Skylab, Skylab 4, William Pogue

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