Episodes Tagged with "Ed Gibson"

Mar 14

Space Rocket History #247 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 1

Posted on March 14, 2018

“The old Surveyor, yes sir. It can’t be any more than 600 feet from here. How about that?” (Pete Conrad.)

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Tagged:Apollo 12, Bean, Conrad, Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr

Sep 7

Space Rocket History #397 – Skylab – The Astronauts Part 2 – Garriott & Gibson

Posted on September 7, 2022

“I started out being president of my first grade class, two years in a row.” Ed Gibson

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Tagged:Carr, Ed Gibson, Owen Garriott, Pogue, Skylab

Nov 2

Space Rocket History #401 – Skylab – Training Part 1

Posted on November 2, 2022

Aside from physically training for the longest crewed missions that the United States had ever attempted, the actual training program was developed simultaneously with the hardware and experiments for the mission.

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Tagged:Bean, Carr, Conrad, Ed Gibson, Garriott, Gene Kranz, Lousma, Phil Shaffer, Pogue, Shepard, Skylab, Slayton, Story Musgrave, Tony England, Training, Vance Brand, Weitz

Nov 16

Space Rocket History #402 – Skylab – Training Part 2

Posted on November 16, 2022

The backup crew and some support crew participated in an interesting rescue scenario with 2 astronauts flying to Skylab to take back the crew of 3 onboard Skylab. This would mean 5 astronauts returning to earth in the command module.

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Tagged:Bean, Carr, Conrad, Don L Lind, Ed Gibson, Garriott, Shepard, Skylab, Slayton, Training, Vance Brand, Weitz

Feb 1

Space Rocket History #407 – Skylab – “We Can Fix Anything”

Posted on February 1, 2023

During the stand up EVA, Kerwin held Weitz while he pulled at the debris several times which disturbed the stability of the Skylab station and caused the Skylabs gyros to compensate. This was a big problem because it nearly pulled Weitz out of the ha...

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Tagged:Ed Gibson, Joe Kerwin, Micrometeoroid Shield, Parasol, Paul Weitz, Pete Conrad, Rusty Schweickart, Skylab, Skylab 2

Mar 1

Space Rocket History #409 – Skylab – Skylab 2 – Days 8-23

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

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Tagged:Apollo Telescope Mount, Bicycle Ergometer, Earth Resources Experiment Package, Ed Gibson, Joe Kerwin, Paul Weitz, Pete Conrad, Rusty Schweickart, Skylab, Skylab 2

Sep 7

Space Rocket History #422 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Kohoutek, Experiments, Flight Prep & Training

Posted on September 7, 2023

In space, on the day the second crew left Skylab, which was September 25, 1973, the orbital workshop began it’s third unmanned period.

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Tagged:Al Bean, Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Kenneth Kleinknecht, Kohoutek, Skylab, Skylab 4, William Pogue

Sep 22

Space Rocket History #423 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Launch & The Vomit Bag Scandal

Posted on September 22, 2023

“As we rode, the big blue eyes of Al Shepard bored into each of us looking for any sign of weakness, any indication that one of these rookies was not ready to go. I looked back with a defiant smile, ‘Not you, Big Al, or anyone else is getting my seat...

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Tagged:Al Bean, Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Kenneth Kleinknecht, Skylab, Skylab 4, William Pogue

Oct 6

Space Rocket History #424 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Stowaways & We Lost Gibson

Posted on October 6, 2023

One stowaway was on the bicycle ergometer, another was in the LBNP (lower body negative pressure device), and the third was sitting on the toilet in the waste management compartment.

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Tagged:Al Bean, Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Skylab, Skylab 4, William Pogue

Oct 19

Space Rocket History #425 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – The Strike (Fake News)

Posted on October 19, 2023

“There was no strike in space by any stretch of the imagination. What could we threaten to do, go live on the moon? If any of these writers had gotten their information from just one of us, the crew or other people directly involved, responsible repo...

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Tagged:Al Bean, Chis Kraft, Don Paddy, Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Kohoutek, Nell Hutchinson, Russell Schweickart, Skylab, Skylab 4, Strike, William Pogue

Nov 3

Space Rocket History #426 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – The First EVA

Posted on November 3, 2023

“Nothing was outside, three times I went out that hatch into the ‘truly great outdoors.’ When I was out there, it was a silent world, except for the whispers of my own breath. Sometimes I felt totally alone, like the world below didn’t even know I wa...

Tagged:Barium Cloud, Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Kohoutek, Skylab, Skylab 4, William Pogue

Nov 17

Space Rocket History #427 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Christmas in Space

Posted on November 17, 2023

“We and everybody on the ground thought that it was going to be a beautiful, brilliant comet. It turned out to be beautiful all right, but it was so faint that we really had to work to find it. Once we did find it, we observed a gorgeous thing: small...

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Tagged:Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Kohoutek, Skylab, Skylab 4, William Pogue

Dec 1

Space Rocket History #428 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Kohoutek in all its Glory

Posted on December 1, 2023

This crew was the first to celebrate a new year in space 17 times as they orbited the earth and moved through the time zones.

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Tagged:Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Kohoutek, Skylab, Skylab 4, William Pogue

Dec 15

Space Rocket History #429 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Solar Observations and the Last EVA

Posted on December 15, 2023

The next time an American would venture outside of a spacecraft would be on a Space Shuttle flight and that was nine years later. In less than a decade, from June 1965 to February 1974, American astronauts had learned to effectively work in Earth orb...

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Tagged:Apollo Telescope Mount, Atm, Ed Gibson, Eva, Jerry Carr, Skylab, Skylab 4, Solar Flare, William Pogue

Jan 5

Space Rocket History #430 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Leaving Skylab

Posted on January 5, 2024

Activating the station upon arrival was a challenge, but packing up to return home was also a major event that took several days. For Carr and his crew, this was the last planned visit, but they left open the possibility of a return visit at some poi...

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Tagged:Ed Gibson, Jerry Carr, Skylab, Skylab 4, Splashdown, William Pogue

Feb 18

Space Rocket History #433 – Skylab – Crashdown

Posted on February 18, 2024

Despite predictions, events seldom occur precisely as expected. The calculated breakup altitude of Skylab was based on its intended structural strength specifications. However, the actual vehicle was stronger than the specified strength requirements.

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Tagged:Australia, Charles Harlan, Ed Gibson, Esperance, Garriott, Hans Kennel, Iss, Joe Kerwin, Kraft, Norad, Perth, Robert Frosh, Skylab, Space Shuttle, Teleoperator Retrieval System, Vance Brand