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Aug 10

Space Rocket History #395 – Skylab – The Tour Part 2

Posted on August 10, 2022

Skylab had three bedrooms or sleep compartments, one for each astronaut aboard. To save space, the beds were arranged vertically in the quarters.

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Tagged:Airlock Module, Apollo Telescope Mount, Ergometer, Jack Lousma, Jim Kerwin, Orbiting Workshop, Owen K Garriott, Skylab

Jul 27

Space Rocket History #394 – Skylab – The Tour Part 1

Posted on July 27, 2022

As a crew would approach Skylab in their Apollo Command Module, they would see its docking port that was called the Multiple Docking Adapter or MDA.

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P3-Test Article

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Tagged:Airlock Module, Apollo Telescope Mount, Jack Lousma, Jim Kerwin, Multiple Docking Adapter, Orbiting Workshop, Pete Conrad, Skylab

Jul 13

Space Rocket History #393 – Skylab – Soyuz Mission

Posted on July 13, 2022

During 1970-1972, a possible fourth “new” docking mission with Skylab was considered. This new mission would not be just another Apollo docking, instead it was a radically different idea.

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P3-Test Article

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Tagged:George Mueller, Keldysh, Ows, Salyut, Skylab, Soyuz, Thomas Paine, William Schneider

Jun 29

Space Rocket History #392 – Skylab – Let’s Call it Skylab

Posted on June 29, 2022

On February 1970, Nasa announced that the AAP had been renamed. America’s first space station would enter the history books as Skylab.

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Tagged:Aap, Apollo Applications Program, George Mueller, Ows, Skylab, Wernher Von Braun

Jun 15

Space Rocket History #391 – Skylab – Pre-history – Apollo Applications Program

Posted on June 15, 2022

The Apollo Applications Program (AAP) was created in 1966 by NASA headquarters to develop science-based human spaceflight missions using hardware developed for the Apollo program.

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Tagged:Aap, Aes, Apollo Applications Program, Apollo Extension System, George Mueller, Skylab, Ssesm, Wernher Von Braun

Jun 1

Space Rocket History #390 – Skylab – Pre-history – MOL Part 4 & Extending Apollo

Posted on June 1, 2022

On June 7th 1969, General Stewart ordered all work on Gemini B, the Titan IIIM and the MOL spacesuit, to cease and to cancel or curtail all other contracts. The official announcement that the MOL had been canceled was made on June 10th.

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Tagged:Apollo X, Bobko, Crippen, Deke Slayton, Gemini B, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Mol, Nro, Skylab, Titan Iii, Wernher Von Braun

May 18

Space Rocket History #389 – Skylab – Pre-history – MOL Part 3

Posted on May 18, 2022

A planning document depicted 12-man and 40-man stations, both with self-defense capability. It described the 40-man, Y-shaped station as a “spaceborne command post” in synchronous orbit. The key requirement was “post attack survivability”, the statio...

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P3-MOL Command Post

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Tagged:Albert Crews, Bobko, Crippen, Ddre, Gemini B, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Mol, Nro, Robert Mcnamara, Skylab, Titan Iii, Truly

May 4

Space Rocket History #388 – Skylab – Pre-history – MOL Part 2

Posted on May 4, 2022

Strangely enough the MOL astronauts only knew of the cover story that the program would be a space laboratory for military experiments and did not learn of the reconnaissance role until after selection.

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Tagged:Abrahamson, Albert Crews, Bobko, Crippen, Gemini B, Gemini Blue, Hartsfield, Lachlan Macleay, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Mol, Skylab, Titan Iii, Truly

Apr 20

Space Rocket History #387 – Skylab – Pre-history – Dyna-Soar & MOL

Posted on April 20, 2022

NASA feasibility studies determined that a research space laboratory could be placed in orbit by 1967. However, to fund such a project it had to be justified by achieving a national goal, or an important science goal, or test of technology.

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Tagged:Dyna Soar, Gemini, Gemini B, Gemini Blue, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Mercury, Mol, Skylab, Titan Iii

Apr 6

Space Rocket History #386 – Skylab – Pre-history

Posted on April 6, 2022

A scant five months after Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean in December of 1972, NASA launched Skylab to begin a new phase of American manned spaceflight – space station operations.

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Tagged:A Home In Space, Apollo 17, Apollo A, Apollo Soyuz, Atlas, Brick Moon, Gemini, Mercury, Outpost, Skylab, Wernher Von Braun

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