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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.
Skylab Cutaway
Orbital Workshop Cutaway
Entry to the Workshop. Notice Lockers
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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.
Possible Soyuz-Skylab Docking Mission. Credit Shayler
Skylab Multiple Docking Adapter. Credit Shayler
Full Scale Skylab Test Article. Credit Shayler
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On February 1970, Nasa announced that the AAP had been renamed. America’s first space station would enter the history books as Skylab.
Mockup of LM Apollo Telescope Mount. Credit Shayler
AAP Cluster Experiments for Wet OWS. Credit Shayler
OWS- Waste Mgmt.(left). Food Mgmt.(right). Credit Shayler
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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.
The SSESM Concept. Credit Shayler
AAP Mission Using Modified LM. Credit Lockheed
1967 Concept of the AAP Cluster
