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Posted on June 1, 2023

“Near the end of our preparation period, management said; Well, we believe, we can do this, now let’s set about to see how we can get them down without expending the resources for a rescue mission.  So just overnight we changed goals.” Vance Brand

P1-Patch

P3-Garriott

P2-CripCSM

Posted on May 17, 2023

“I think for me that was probably the low point of the mission because it threatened our ability to get our job done, and I wasn’t willing to come home.  I’ve never been afraid of space, but that was a fear that I had (losing the mission) more than a...

P1-Skylab_rescue_cm

P2-Vance Brand and Don Lind, the crew for the unflown Skylab Rescue mission-Skylab_rescue_crew

P3-Multiple Docking Adapter

Posted on May 3, 2023

Garriott was in the center couch and Lousma was on his right with a small window near his seat, Suddenly Jack announced, “Owen, there goes one of our thrusters floating by the window!”

P3-Skylab viewed from approaching 2nd crew

P2-SM Thruster Quad pack

P1-Skylab 3 emblem

Posted on April 19, 2023

The crew complement for the Skylab 3 mission was 783 life forms (52 fish, 720 flies, 6 mice, 2 spiders and 3 humans), by far the largest crew yet.

P3-Skylab 3 Launch

P2-leaving for pad

Skylab 3 astronauts

Posted on April 5, 2023

Before the astronauts could leave there was one final problem to solve. Skylab’s refrigeration system began warming up. Houston immediately went to work on finding a solution. Now, there was some concern that the crews return would be delayed.

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P3-Crew Egress

P2-splashdown-of-skylab-2

Posted on March 16, 2023

On Mission day 25, the crew was informed that they had surpassed the Russian space endurance record set by Soyuz 11 on Salyut 1 in 1971.

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P4-DiagTrash

P3-Fecal

P2-Hygine

P1-Sleep

Posted on March 1, 2023

“Houston, Skylab. I’d like you to be the first to know that the PLT is the proud father of a genuine flare.” Joe Kerwin

P3-ATM

P2-Skylab 500

P1-PeteBike

Posted on February 15, 2023

NASA’s first priority was to get Skylab back into solar inertial attitude.  This was both the coolest attitude and would point the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) solar arrays directly at the sun. Thus the crew would have the most electrical power possi...

P2-Astronaut Paul Weitz prepares to use bicycle ergometer

P3-Weitz Skylab 2 pilot mans the control and display console of the Apollo Telescope Mount

P1-Lower Body Negative Pressure Experiment

Posted on February 1, 2023

During the stand up EVA, Kerwin held Weitz while he pulled at the debris several times which disturbed the stability of the Skylab station and caused the Skylabs gyros to compensate. This was a big problem because it nearly pulled Weitz out of the ha...

P1-ParasolDeployment

P3-CompletedRepair

P2-SolarWing EVA

Posted on January 18, 2023

At 07:00 hours Houston time, Skylab 2 roared off its Milk Stool from LC-39B; the first Saturn IB launch in almost five years and only the second launch from Pad 39B.

P3-Fly Around

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P2-Liftoff

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