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Having two rockets stacked on pads 39A and 39B at the same time made for quite a sight at the Kennedy Space Center. There were also two firing rooms at KSC’s Launch Control Center that would control the countdowns for both rockets simultaneously.
Workshop with Shield Wrapped Around it
Skylab 1 & 2 on Pads 39A & 39B
Launch of Skylab 1
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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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Electricity was in short supply. A fully functioning, up-and running LEM required about 55 amps of current to operate.
Ken Mattingly, Joe Kerwin
Tom Kelly Grumman Engineer
Kraft, McDivitt, Gilruth
