Posted on May 17, 2023
“I think for me that was probably the low point of the mission because it threatened our ability to get our job done, and I wasn’t willing to come home. I’ve never been afraid of space, but that was a fear that I had (losing the mission) more than a...
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P2-Vance Brand and Don Lind, the crew for the unflown Skylab Rescue mission-Skylab_rescue_crew
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Posted on June 1, 2023
“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
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Tagged:Al Bean, Don Lind, Jack Lousma, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Skylab 3, Slayton, Thruster, Tom Stafford, Vance Brand
Posted on August 10, 2023
“The thing I remember about reentry was not positioning some RCS switches correctly. We got behind and Owen could not read my notes in the checklist because of the limited space (and my ‘unique’ penmanship). I said, ‘Give me the book, and I’ll reconf...
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Tagged:Al Bean, Don Lind, Helen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Skylab 3, Vance Brand, Wally Schirra
Posted on January 19, 2024
Early in the planning stages of the Skylab flight, there was a desire to keep it in orbit long enough to use it as the core of a larger station.
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P1-S5 Crew Brand, Lenoir, Lind