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Episodes Tagged with "Bicycle Ergometer"

Posted on February 15, 2023

NASA’s first priority was to get Skylab back into solar inertial attitude.  This was both the coolest attitude and would point the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) solar arrays directly at the sun. Thus the crew would have the most electrical power possi...

P2-Astronaut Paul Weitz prepares to use bicycle ergometer

P3-Weitz Skylab 2 pilot mans the control and display console of the Apollo Telescope Mount

P1-Lower Body Negative Pressure Experiment

Posted on March 1, 2023

“Houston, Skylab. I’d like you to be the first to know that the PLT is the proud father of a genuine flare.” Joe Kerwin

P3-ATM

P2-Skylab 500

P1-PeteBike