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At 07:00 hours Houston time, Skylab 2 roared off its Milk Stool from LC-39B; the first Saturn IB launch in almost five years and only the second launch from Pad 39B.
Skylab 2 Crew-Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz
Launch of Skylab 2
Skylab Fly Around Inspecting Damage
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Nasa concluded that the failure of the micrometeoroid shield 63 seconds into the flight caused the breaking of the solar array system. Furthermore, at 593 seconds into the flight the second stage retro rocket plume exhaust resulted in the ripping off of the array.
How the Shield was Torn Off
Making the Sunshade
Shade Deployment Test
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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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The success of Apollo 4 gave good reason to believe that the Saturn V could be trusted to propel men into space. But NASA pushed on with its plans for a second unmanned booster flight, primarily to give the Pad 39 launch team another rehearsal before sending men into deep space on the Saturn V. The mission was called Apollo 6…
Apollo 6 patch
Lunar Test Article
Apollo 6 launch
Exhaust plume of Apollo 6
Interstage falling away
Apollo 6 splashdown and recovery
