Episodes Tagged with "Skylab 3"

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

Apr 19

Space Rocket History #412 – Skylab – The Launch of Skylab 3

Posted on April 19, 2023

The crew complement for the Skylab 3 mission was 783 life forms (52 fish, 720 flies, 6 mice, 2 spiders and 3 humans), by far the largest crew yet.

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Tagged:Al Bean, Apollo Telescope Mount, Jack Lousma, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Skylab 3

May 3

Space Rocket History #413 – Skylab – Skylab 3-Rendezvous, Docking & Vomit

Posted on May 3, 2023

Garriott was in the center couch and Lousma was on his right with a small window near his seat, Suddenly Jack announced, “Owen, there goes one of our thrusters floating by the window!”

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Tagged:Al Bean, Apollo Telescope Mount, Jack Lousma, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Skylab 3, Thruster, Vomit

May 17

Space Rocket History #414 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Rescue Mission Part 1

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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Tagged:Al Bean, Don Lind, Jack Lousma, Multiple Docking Adapter, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Skylab 3, Thruster, Vance Brand

Jun 1

Space Rocket History #415 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Rescue Mission Part 2

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

Jun 14

Space Rocket History #416 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Wives, Spiders, Minnows and a Spacewalk

Posted on June 14, 2023

“I had to connect eleven five-foot sections of aluminum poles, twice, forming two long poles. These were then extended to Jack some forty or fifty feet away, where the poles were mounted in a ‘V’, and a large ‘sail’ pulled across them with nylon line...

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Tagged:Al Bean, Anita, Arabella, Flare, Jack Lousma, Jsc, Marshall Space Flight Center, Minnows, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Skylab 3, Spider, Sunshade, Thruster, Twin Pole

Jun 28

Space Rocket History #417 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Maximum Effort, Determination, Efficiency, and Accomplishment

Posted on June 28, 2023

Finally, the crew became efficient enough to get all of the work done that was scheduled for a given day. But, that did not make up for the time lost at the beginning of the mission. Reaching 100 percent efficiency was not enough for Bean. ht...

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Tagged:Al Bean, Apollo Telescope Mount, Flare, George Low, Jack Lousma, Jim Fletcher, Jsc, Marshall Space Flight Center, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Skylab 3, Thruster, White Light Coronagraph

Jul 13

Space Rocket History #418 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – AMU, EVA 2, Space Physics, Solar Physics and Mission Extension

Posted on July 13, 2023

On mission day 28, August 24th 1973, it was time to perform the 2nd EVA. Garriott and Lousma once again stepped outside the orbital workshop for a 4 and ½ hour spacewalk.

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Tagged:Al Bean, Amu, Apollo Telescope Mount, Coronal Mass Ejection, Enid, Flare, Hhmu, Jack Lousma, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Skylab 3

Jul 26

Space Rocket History #419 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Those Tricky Garriotts

Posted on July 26, 2023

“Hello Houston. Roger. Well I, haven’t talked with you for a while. Isn’t that you down there. Bob? This is Helen, here in Skylab. The boys hadn’t had a good home cooked meal in so long, I thought I’d bring one up. Over” Helen Garriott

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Tagged:Al Bean, Apollo Telescope Mount, Bob Crippen, Helen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Karl Heinze, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Skylab 3

Aug 10

Space Rocket History #420 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – De-orbit, Re-entry, & Splashdown

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

Aug 23

Space Rocket History #421 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Recovery & Re-acclimation

Posted on August 23, 2023

“I felt like that mission was from my viewpoint the highlight of my career, as being the best astronaut that I could be. I felt like our crew was the best crew we could be because we had done the best we could. We got sick; we couldn’t help that. We ...

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Tagged:Al Bean, Bill Thornton, Jack Lousma, Kenneth Kleinknecht, Owen Garriott, Skylab, Skylab 3, Smeat, Uss New Orleans, Wally Schirra