Episodes Tagged with "Skylab 2"

Dec 20

Space Rocket History #237 – Apollo 12 – Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean – The Artist

Posted on December 20, 2017

After completing a four-year tour of duty, he attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. He trained under the direction of Pete Conrad, who would later become Commander of the Apollo 12 moon flight, and who would be in...

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Tagged:Alan Bean, Apollo 12, Pete Conrad, Skylab 2, Skylab 3

Dec 14

Space Rocket History #404 – Skylab – The Launch of Skylab 1

Posted on December 14, 2022

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.

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Tagged:Joe Kerwin, Micrometeoroid Shield, Paul Weitz, Pete Conrad, Saturn 1b, Saturn V, Skylab, Skylab 1, Skylab 2

Jan 4

Space Rocket History #405 – Skylab – What Went Wrong and How Do We Fix It?

Posted on January 4, 2023

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...

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Tagged:Joe Kerwin, Micrometeoroid Shield, Paul Weitz, Pete Conrad, Saturn 1b, Saturn V, Shade, Skylab, Skylab 1, Skylab 2

Jan 18

Space Rocket History #406 – Skylab – The Launch of Skylab 2

Posted on January 18, 2023

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.

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Tagged:Joe Kerwin, Micrometeoroid Shield, Paul Weitz, Pete Conrad, Saturn 1b, Saturn V, Shade, Skylab, Skylab 1, Skylab 2

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

Feb 15

Space Rocket History #408 – Skylab – Skylab 2 – Days 2-7 & 10th Anniversary Celebration

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...

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Tagged:Apollo Telescope Mount, Ashton Graybiel, Bicycle Ergometer, Earth Resources Experiment Package, Joe Kerwin, 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

Mar 16

Space Rocket History #410 – Skylab – Skylab 2 – Days 24-28

Posted on March 16, 2023

On Mission day 25, the crew was informed that they had surpassed the Russian space endurance record set by Soyuz 11 on Salyut 1 in 1971.

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

Apr 5

Space Rocket History #411 – Skylab – Skylab 2 – Splashdown

Posted on April 5, 2023

Before the astronauts could leave there was one final problem to solve. Skylab’s refrigeration system began warming up. Houston immediately went to work on finding a solution. Now, there was some concern that the crews return would be delayed.

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Tagged:Apollo Telescope Mount, Joe Kerwin, Paul Weitz, Pete Conrad, Rusty Schweickart, Skylab, Skylab 2