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Jan 4

Space Rocket History #405 – Skylab – What Went Wrong and How Do We Fix It?

Posted on January 4, 2023

Nasa concluded that the failure of the micrometeoroid shield 63 seconds into the flight caused the breaking of the solar array system. Furthermore, at 593 seconds into the flight the second stage retro rocket plume exhaust resulted in the ripping off...

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Tagged:Joe Kerwin, Micrometeoroid Shield, Paul Weitz, Pete Conrad, Saturn 1b, Saturn V, Shade, Skylab, Skylab 1, Skylab 2

Dec 14

Space Rocket History #404 – Skylab – The Launch of Skylab 1

Posted on December 14, 2022

Having two rockets stacked on pads 39A and 39B at the same time made for quite a sight at the Kennedy Space Center. There were also two firing rooms at KSC’s Launch Control Center that would control the countdowns for both rockets simultaneously.

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Tagged:Joe Kerwin, Micrometeoroid Shield, Paul Weitz, Pete Conrad, Saturn 1b, Saturn V, Skylab, Skylab 1, Skylab 2

Dec 1

Space Rocket History #403 – Skylab – S.M.E.A.T. – Skylab Mission 0

Posted on December 1, 2022

This SMEAT crew would test out various elements of the Skylab equipment and procedures in a series of trials, ending in a full-scale simulation that was set at 56 days.

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Tagged:Bobko, Crippen, Mol, S M E A T, Skylab, Smeat, Thornton

Nov 16

Space Rocket History #402 – Skylab – Training Part 2

Posted on November 16, 2022

The backup crew and some support crew participated in an interesting rescue scenario with 2 astronauts flying to Skylab to take back the crew of 3 onboard Skylab. This would mean 5 astronauts returning to earth in the command module.

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Tagged:Bean, Carr, Conrad, Don L Lind, Ed Gibson, Garriott, Shepard, Skylab, Slayton, Training, Vance Brand, Weitz

Nov 2

Space Rocket History #401 – Skylab – Training Part 1

Posted on November 2, 2022

Aside from physically training for the longest crewed missions that the United States had ever attempted, the actual training program was developed simultaneously with the hardware and experiments for the mission.

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Tagged:Bean, Carr, Conrad, Ed Gibson, Garriott, Gene Kranz, Lousma, Phil Shaffer, Pogue, Shepard, Skylab, Slayton, Story Musgrave, Tony England, Training, Vance Brand, Weitz

Oct 19

Space Rocket History #400 – Skylab – The Astronauts Part 5 – Pogue & Weitz

Posted on October 19, 2022

Bill Pogue served with the Thunderbirds as an aerobatics pilot from 1955 to 1957.

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Tagged:Pogue, Skylab, Weitz

Oct 5

Space Rocket History #399 – Skylab – The Astronauts Part 4 – Lousma & Carr

Posted on October 5, 2022

Carr was in the likely crew rotation position to serve as lunar module pilot for Apollo 19 and walk on the Moon before the mission was canceled by NASA in 1970.

P3-Carr demonstrates weightlessness by balancing Skylab 4 crewmate William Pogue on his finger

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Tagged:Carr, Lousma, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Weitz

Sep 21

Space Rocket History #398 – Skylab – The Astronauts Part 3 – Kerwin & Lousma

Posted on September 21, 2022

“Farewell, Aquarius, and we thank you.” Joe Kerwin

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Tagged:Carr, Kerwin, Lousma, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Weitz

Sep 7

Space Rocket History #397 – Skylab – The Astronauts Part 2 – Garriott & Gibson

Posted on September 7, 2022

“I started out being president of my first grade class, two years in a row.” Ed Gibson

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Tagged:Carr, Ed Gibson, Owen Garriott, Pogue, Skylab

Aug 24

Space Rocket History #396 – Skylab – The Astronauts Part 1

Posted on August 24, 2022

“Pete wanted to do Skylab and we both felt that we did not want the moon program to get crowded, other people deserved chances too.” Al Bean

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P3-Skylab 3 astronaut Alan L. Bean, foreground, commander scientist-astronaut Owen K. Garriott, left, science pilot and astronaut Jack R. Lousma, pilot

P2-The Skylab 2 astronauts, Paul J. Weitz, pilot Charles Conrad, Jr., mission commander; and Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot

Tagged:Al Bean, Carr, Gibson, Jack Lousma, Joe Kerwin, Owen K Garriott, Paul Weitz, Pete Conrad, Pogue, Skylab

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