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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!”
Skylab 3 Emblem for Second Crew
Service Module Quad Thruster. Credit: Historic Spacecraft
Second Crew Approaches Skylab
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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.
Skylab 3 Astronauts. Bean, Lousma, Garriott
Leaving for the pad
Launch of Skylab 3
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“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
The 9 Skylab Astronauts
First Skylab Crew-Weitz, Conrad, Kerwin
2nd Skylab Crew-Lousma, Garriott, Bean
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Surveyor 3 was now to their right, 300 feet away, gleaming in the morning sunlight. Antennas and sensors still reached upward from its tubular frame, just as they had on April 20, 1967, when the spacecraft thumped onto the moon amid blasts from its braking rockets.
Approaching Surveyor 3 with LM in background
“The Fabulous Photo We Never Took.” by Alan Bean
Al Bean, Surveyor 3, and Intrepid
