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On mission day 28, August 24th 1973, it was time to perform the 2nd EVA. Garriott and Lousma once again stepped outside the orbital workshop for a 4 and ½ hour spacewalk.
Lousma Tests the Astronaut Maneuvering Unit
Bean Tests the Foot Controlled Maneuvering Unit
Solar Flare Captured from Skylab
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Finally, the crew became efficient enough to get all of the work done that was scheduled for a given day. But, that did not make up for the time lost at the beginning of the mission. Reaching 100 percent efficiency was not enough for Bean.
Al Bean Reading in His Bed on the Wall
Garriott at the ATM Console
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“I had to connect eleven five-foot sections of aluminum poles, twice, forming two long poles. These were then extended to Jack some forty or fifty feet away, where the poles were mounted in a ‘V’, and a large ‘sail’ pulled across them with nylon lines.” Owen Garriott
Arabella’s First Web in Space
Lousma Begins Twin-pole Shield EVA
Twin-pole Shield Installed
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“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
Skylab Rescue Mission Patch
Crippled CSM Docked at Skylab
Garriott Exercises with the Cycle Ergometer
