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Skylab Solar Shield
Title Skylab Solar Shield
Full Description A sail like sunshade for possible use as a sunscreen for the Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) is shown being fabricated in the GE Building across the street from Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas. Three people help the steamstress feed the material through the sewing machine. The three-layered sunshade will be composed of a top layer of aluminized mylar, a middle layer of laminated nylon ripstop, and a bottom layer of thin nylon. Working on the sunshade are from left to right: Dale Gentry, Elizabeth Gauldin, Alyene Baker, and James H. Barnett Jr. Mrs. Baker, a GE employee, operates the double needle Singer sewing machine. Barnett is head of the Crew Equipment Development Section of JSC Crew Systems Division. Mrs. Gauldin is also with the Crew Systems Division. Gentry works for GE. The work shown here is part of the crash program underway to prepare a sunshield for Skylab to replace the orginal shield which was lost when Skylab 1 was launched on May 14, 1973. The improvised solar shield selected to be used will be carried to Earth orbit by the Skylab 2 crewman who will then deploy the reflective parasol to shade part of the OWS from the hot rays of the sun. Loss of the orginal sun shield has caused an overheating problem. in the Orbital Work Shop.
Date 01/01/1973
NASA Center Headquarters
View of northeastern Mexico …
Title View of northeastern Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Description An oblique view of northeastern Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas (26.0N,100.0W), as photographed from the Skylab space station by one of the Skylab 4 crewmen. Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains are in the center of the picture. The Gulf of Mexico is in the background. Note the lakes on the Rio Grande River. Monterrey is near the center of the picture. Field patterns in the lower Rio Grande Valley can easily be identified. The stark, linear roughness of the Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains is the most prominent feature.
Date Taken 1973-12-28
Skylab 2 crew during "open h …
Title Skylab 2 crew during "open house" press day at Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC)
Description These three men are the crewmen for the first manned Skylab mission. They are astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, standing left, scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, seated, and Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot. They were photographed and interviewed during an "open house" press day in the realistic atmosphere of the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) trainer in the Mission Simulation and Training Facility at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). The control and display panel for the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) is at right.
Date Taken 1972-01-19
Skylab 4 astronauts during a …
Title Skylab 4 astronauts during an "open house" press day in Skylab mock-up
Description These three men make up the crew of the Skylab 4 mission. They are, left to right, Scientist-Astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot, Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, commander, and Astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot. They were photographed and interviewed during an "open house" press day in the realistic atmosphere of Skylab mock-up and trainers in the Mission Simulation and Training facility at the Manned Spacecraft Center.
Date Taken 1972-01-19
Astronaut Robert Crippen sim …
Title Astronaut Robert Crippen simulates preparation of Skylab meal
Description Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, SMEAT crew commander, simulates the preparation of a Skylab meal. Crippen is one of three astronauts who will spend up to 56 days in altitude chamber at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) beginning in mid-July to obtain medical data and evaluate medical experiment equipment for Skylab. SMEAT stands for Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test.
Date Taken 1972-06-15
SMEAT astronauts give a prev …
Title SMEAT astronauts give a preview of use of the SMEAT experiments
Description The three SMEAT (Skylab medical Experiment Altitude Test) astronauts who will spend up to 56 days in the Crew Systems Division's 20-foot altitude chamber at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) give a preview of the use of the SMEAT experiments. Here, Astronaut Karol J. Bobko is being configured for a test in the Lower Body Negative Pressure experiment. Scientist-Astronaut William E. Thornton assists. In the right background is Astronaut Robert L. Crippen (43282), Astronaut Bobko is configured for a test in the Lower Body Negative Pressure experiment. Scientist-Astronaut Thornton stands by at the controls (43283).
Date Taken 1972-06-15
Astronaut Alan Bean looks ov …
Title Astronaut Alan Bean looks over data acquisition camera on Skylab trainer
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, commander for Skylab 3, the second manned Skylab mission, looks over the data acquisition camera mounted on the water tank in the upper level of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) one-G trainer at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC).
Date Taken 1972-09-01
Astronaut Robert Crippen hol …
Title Astronaut Robert Crippen holds training model of Skylab experiment
Description Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, SMEAT crew commander, holds the training model of Skylab experiment T003, the aerosol analysis test, in this preview of activity the Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test (SMEAT).
Date Taken 1972-06-15
Skylab 4 astronauts during p …
Title Skylab 4 astronauts during preflight press conference
Description The three members of the prime crew of the third of three scheduled manned Skylab missions (Sklab 4) appear before a gathering of news media representatives at a press conference held at the Manned Spacecraft Center. They are, left to right, Astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot, Scientist-Astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot, and Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, commander.
Date Taken 1972-12-01
Two of three astronauts who …
Title Two of three astronauts who will participate in SMEAT activity
Description Two of three astronauts who will spend up to 56 days in an altitude test chamber at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) beginning in mid-July to obtain medical data and evaluate medical experiment equipment for Skylab, go over a menu in the food preparation area. Seated at the simulated wardroom food table is Astronaut Karol J. Bobko, SMEAT pilot. Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, SMEAT crew commander, is standing. Dr. William E. Thornton, science pilot, is the third SMEAT crewman. SMEAT stands for Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test.
Date Taken 1972-06-15
Astronauts Crippen and Thorn …
Title Astronauts Crippen and Thornton stand with off-duty recreation equipment
Description Two members of a three-man SMEAT crew who will spend up to 56 days in an altitude test chamber at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), give a preview of their activity in this training exercise. Astronauts Robert L. Crippen, left, Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test (SMEAT) crew commander, and Dr. William E. Thornton, SMEAT science pilot, stand at the cabinet containing off duty recreation equipment.
Date Taken 1972-06-15
Astronaut Paul Weitz works w …
Title Astronaut Paul Weitz works with UV Stellar Astronomy Experiment
Description Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot of the first manned Skylab mission, works with the UV Stellar Astronomy Experiment S019 in the forward compartment of the Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer during Skylab training at JSC. The equipment consists of a reflecting telescope, a 35mm camera and an additional mirror. It is mounted in an anti-solar scientific airlock in the side of the OWS.
Date Taken 1973-03-01
Skylab 2 astronauts eat spac …
Title Skylab 2 astronauts eat space food in wardroom of Skylab trainer
Description The three members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission dine on specially prepared Skylab space food in the wardromm of the crew quarters of the Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer during Skylab training at the Johnson Space Center. They are, left to right, Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot, Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot, and Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander.
Date Taken 1973-03-01
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. working with control panel in Skylab simulation
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. is seen working with the control panels of the Skylab Orbital Workshop trainer during Skylab training at the Johnson Space Center.
Date Taken 1973-02-01
Astronaut Charles Conrad fol …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad following exercise session on bicycle ergometer
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the first manned Skylab mission, wipes perspiration from his face following an exercise session on the bicycle ergometer during Skylab training at JSC. Conrad is in the work and experiments compartment of the crew quarters of the Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer at JSC. In addition to being the prime exercise for the crewmen, the ergometer is also used for the vector-cardiogram test and the metabolic activity experiment. The bicycle ergometer produces measured work loads for use in determining man's metabolic effectiveness.
Date Taken 1973-03-01
Astronaut Charles Conrad goe …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad goes through checklist of experiment activity
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the first manned Skylab mission, goes through a checklist of experiment activity during Skylab training at JSC. Conrad is standing in the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) in the Mission Simulation and Training Facility At JSC. He is working at the "materials processing in space" facility in the MDA.
Date Taken 1973-03-01
Astronaut Paul Weitz lies in …
Title Astronaut Paul Weitz lies in lower body negative pressure device in trainer
Description Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot of the first manned Skylab mission, lies in the lower body negative pressure device during Skylab training at JSC. Operating the controls in the background is scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot of the mission. They are in the work and experiments area of the crew quarters of the Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-03-01
Astronaut Charles Conrad tak …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad takes items from materials processing storage area
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the first manned Skylab mission, takes items from the M512 materials processing equipment storage assembly during Skylab training at JSC. Conrad is standing in the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) trainer in the JSC Mission Simulation and Training Facility. The assembly holds equipment designed to explore space manufacturing capability in a weightless state. Conrad is holding one of the experiment parts in his left hand.
Date Taken 1973-03-01
Astronauts Conrad and Kerwin …
Title Astronauts Conrad and Kerwin practice Human Vestibular Function experiment
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the first manned Skylab mission, checks out the Human Vestibular Function, Experiment M131, during Skylab training at JSC. Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot of the mission, goes over a checklist. The two men are in the work and experiments compartment of the crew quarters of the Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-03-01
Astronaut Charles Conrad che …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad checks out Human Vestibular Function experiment
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the first manned Skylab mission, checks out the Human Vestibular Function, Experiment M131, during Skylab training at JSC. Conrad is in the work and experiments compartment of the crew quarters of the Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer at JSC. The reference sphere with a magnetic rod is used by the astronaut to indicate body orientation non-visually. The litter chair in which he is seated can be rotated by a motor at its base or, when not being rotated, can tilt forward, backward or to either side.
Date Taken 1973-03-01
Parasol construction in bldg …
Title Parasol construction in bldg 10 for Skylab 2 flight
Description Technicians in the Technical Services shop in bldg 10 work on the fabrication of the umbrella-like mechanical device called the "parasol" during Skylab 2 preflight preparations at JSC. Here, they are attaching the telescoping extension rods to the canopy. The "parasol" is one of several sunscreen possibilities being considered for use in shading the overheated Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop.
Date Taken 1973-05-23
Parasol", sunshade for Skyla …
Title Parasol", sunshade for Skylab 1, receives checkout in bldg 10
Description An umbrella-like mechanical device called the "parasol", one of the several sunscreen possibilities being considered for use in shading the overheated Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop (OWS), receives a checkout in the Technical Services shop in bldg 10 at JSC. Here, the "parasol" sunshade is almost fully deployed. The "parasol" is designed to fit into the T027 experiment photometer canister. The canopy portion of the "parasol" measures 24 feet by 22 feet.
Date Taken 1973-05-23
Skylab flight controllers an …
Title Skylab flight controllers and JSC Officials in Mission Control Center
Description A group of key Skylab flight controllers and JSC Officials cluster around Flight Director Donald R. Puddy's console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at JSC during consideration of the problem of the undeployed solar panels on the Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop. Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (wearing coat), JSC Director, is standing behind Puddy.
Date Taken 1973-05-14
Astronauts Weitz and Conrad …
Title Astronauts Weitz and Conrad suit up during prelaunch activity
Description Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, prime crew pilot of the first manned Skylab mission, is suited up in bldg 5 at JSC during prelaunch training activity. He is assisted by Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., prime crew commander. The man in the left background is wearing a face mask to insure that Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Weitz are not exposed to disease prior to launch.
Date Taken 1973-05-08
Prime crew of Skylab 2 missi …
Title Prime crew of Skylab 2 mission go over checklist during prelaunch training
Description The members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab misison go over a checklist during Skylab prelaunch training activity at JSC. They are in the Apollo Command Module Mission Simulator in bldg 5 at JSC. They are, left to right, Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot, and Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot.
Date Taken 1973-05-08
Dr. Christopher Kraft looks …
Title Dr. Christopher Kraft looks over packaged "parasol" in bldg 10
Description Dr. Christopher C. Kraft J. (left), JSC Director, and George A Post, JSC Crew Systems Division, look over the packaged "parasol" during fabrication and checkout of the umbrella-like mechanical device in the Technical Services shop in bldg 10 at JSC. The "parasol" is designed to fit into the T027 experiment photometer canister. The canopy portion of the "parasol" measures 24 feet by 22 feet. The "parasol" is one of several sunscreen possibilities being considered for use in shading the overheated Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop.
Date Taken 1973-05-23
Parasol", sunshade for Skyla …
Title Parasol", sunshade for Skylab 1, receives checkout in bldg 10
Description An umbrella-like mechanical device called the "parasol", one of the several sunscreen possibilities being considered for use in shading the overheated Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop (OWS), receives a checkout in the Technical Services shop in bldg 10 at JSC. Here, a technician starts to deploy the"parasol" sunshade. The "parasol" is designed to fit into the T027 experiment photometer canister. The canopy portion of the "parasol" measures 24 feet by 22 feet.
Date Taken 1973-05-23
Skylab 2 prime crew suit up …
Title Skylab 2 prime crew suit up during prelaunch training activity
Description Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, prime crew pilot of the first manned Skylab mission, is suited up in bldg 5 at JSC during prelaunch training activity. He is assisted by Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., prime crew commander. The man in the left background is wearing a face mask to insure that Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Weitz are not exposed to disease prior to launch (25399), Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin (on left), and Weitz assist each other in suiting up in bldg 5 at JSC during pre-launch training activity (25400).
Date Taken 1973-05-08
Prime crew of the Skylab 2 m …
Title Prime crew of the Skylab 2 mission stand beside T-38 prior to take off
Description Members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab Mission (Skylab 2) stand beside a NASA T-38 jet aircraft trainer at nearby Ellington Air Force Base prior to take off for the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. They are (left to right) Astronauts Paul J. Weitz, mission pilot, Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and scientist Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot. The three crewmen have completed their pre-launch training at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-05-13
Astronaut Jack Lousma at tab …
Title Astronaut Jack Lousma at table with crew and flight surgeon before training
Description Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, sits at a table with fellow crewmen and the flight surgeon prior to water egress training at the Johnson Space Center, Houston.
Date Taken 1973-05-01
Skylab 3 prime crew particip …
Title Skylab 3 prime crew participate in water egress simulations at JSC
Description The three members of the prime crew of the second manned Skylab mission participate in prelaunch training, specifically water egress simulations at JSC. They are, left to right, Astronaut Alan L. Bean, commander, Scientist-Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, science pilot, and Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, pilot. This training took place in JSC's bldg 220 on May 1, 1973.
Date Taken 1973-05-01
Flight Directors Puddy and S …
Title Flight Directors Puddy and Shaffer in Mission Control during Skylab 2 launch
Description Flight Directors Donald R. Puddy (left background) and Philip C. Shaffer are seated at the flight director's console in the Mission Opeations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at JSC during Skylab 2 launch activity.
Date Taken 1973-05-25
Skylab 4 crew in preflight t …
Title Skylab 4 crew in preflight training at Apollo Telescope Mount mock-up
Description The three members of the prime crew of the third of three scheduled manned Skylab missions (Skylab 4) go through Skylab preflight training in the Mission Training and Simulation Facility at JSC. Astronaut Gerald P. Carr (on right), Skylab 4 commander, is seated at a simulator which represents the control and display console of the Apollo Telescope Mount which is located in the space station's Multiple Docking Adapter. Seated on the left is Scientist-Astronaut Edward G. Gibson, Skylab 4 science pilot. In the left background is Astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot.
Date Taken 1973-02-01
Skylab 3 crewmen practice EV …
Title Skylab 3 crewmen practice EVA procedures
Description The three prime crewmen of the Skylab 3 mission practice procedures which will be used during the extravehicular activity (EVA) portion of the scheduled Skylab rate gyro six-pac installation. They are Scientist-Astronaut Owen K. Garriott (center), Astronaut Alan L. Bean (center background) and Astronaut Jack R. Lousma (right). Garriott is working with a mock-up of a trunion plug plate which is on the space station's deployment assembly. This picture was taken during Skylab 3 prelaunch training at JSC. In the left foreground with back to camera is Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, who is assisting with the Skylab 3 training. Another training officer is in the left background (31322), Lousma practices procedures for EVA in his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU). He is working with a mock-up of a trunion plug plate which is on the space station's deployment assembly (31323).
Date Taken 1973-06-30
Skylab 3 crewmen go over che …
Title Skylab 3 crewmen go over checklist in crew quarters of OWS trainer
Description The three crewmen of the second manned Skylab mission (Skylab 3) go over a checklist during preflight training at JSC. They are, left to right, Scientist-Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, science pilot, Astronaut Alan L. Bean, commander, and Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, pilot. They are in the crew quarters of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer in the Mission Training and Simulation Facility, bldg 5, at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-07-16
Skylab 3 crew in the One-G t …
Title Skylab 3 crew in the One-G trainer Multiple Docking Adapter
Description These three men are the prime crewmen for the Skylab 3 mission. Pictured in the One-G trainer Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) at JSC are, left to right, Scientist-Astronaut Owen F. Garriott, science pilot, and Astronauts Jack R. Lousma and ALan L. Bean, pilot and commander, respectively.
Date Taken 1973-06-29
Astronaut Edward Gibson trai …
Title Astronaut Edward Gibson trains with Earth Resources Experiments Package
Description Scientist-Astronaut Edward G. Gibson, Skylab 4 science pilot, turns on a switch on the control box of the S190B camera, one of the components of the Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP). The single lens Earth Terrain Camera takes five-inch photographs. Behind Gibson is the stowed suits of Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, commander for the third manned mission. The exercise took place in the Orbital Workshop one-G trainer at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-09-10
Astronauts Gibson and Pogue …
Title Astronauts Gibson and Pogue at Apollo Telescope Mount display/control panel
Description Scientist-Astronaut Edward G. Gibson, seated, and Astronaut William R. Pogue discuss a mission procedure at the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) display and control panel mockup in the one-G trainer for the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-09-10
Astronaut Gerald Carr trains …
Title Astronaut Gerald Carr trains with Earth Resources Experiments Package
Description Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Skylab 4 commander, changes a dial on the control and display panel for the Earth Resources Experiments package (EREP) during a training exercise in the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) one-G trainer at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-09-10
Astronaut Edard Gibson exami …
Title Astronaut Edard Gibson examines film for 16mm Data Acquisition Camera
Description Scientist-Astronaut Edard G. Gibson, science pilot for the third manned Skylab mission, reads the markings on a magazine of 400 feet of film for the 16mm Data Acquisition Camera (DAC), during a training exercise in the Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-09-09
Astronaut Edward Gibson seat …
Title Astronaut Edward Gibson seated at the Apollo Telescope Mount mock-up
Description Scientist-Astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot for the third manned Skylab mission, enters a notation in a manual while seated at the control and display panel for the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) during simulations inside the one-G trainer for the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-09-10
Astronaut William Pogue usin …
Title Astronaut William Pogue using Skylab Viewfinder Tracking System experiment
Description Astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, using the Skylab Viewfinder Tracking System (S191 experiment) during a training exercise in the Multiple docking adapter (MDA) one-G trainer at JSC. In the background is Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, seated at the control panel for the Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP). Carr is Skylab 4 crew commander, and Gibson is Science pilot.
Date Taken 1973-09-10
Dr. Robert Clark studies lev …
Title Dr. Robert Clark studies levels of radiation Skylab 2 crew was exposed to
Description In the Radiation Counting Laboratory sixty feet underground at JSC, Dr. Robert S. Clark prepares to load pieces of iridium foil - sandwiched between plastic sheets - into the laboratory's radiation detector. The iridium foil strips were worn by the crew of the second Skylab flight in personal radiation dosimeters throughout their 59.5 days in space. Inside the radiation detector assembly surrounded by 28 tons of lead shielding, the sample will be tested to determine the total neutron dose to which the astronauts were exposed during their long stay aboard the space station.
Date Taken 1973-11-06
Skylab 3 crewmembers greeted …
Title Skylab 3 crewmembers greeted on return to Ellington Air Force Base
Description Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., center, shakes hands with Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, during welcome ceremonies following crew arrival at Ellington Air Force Base. The crewmen greet their wives after spending 59.5 days in the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit. From left to right are Scientist-Astronaut Owen K. Garriot, science pilot, Mrs. Garriott, Dr. Donald K. Slyaton, Director of Flight Crew Operations at JSC, Dr. Kraft, Astronaut Alan L. Bean, commander, Mrs. Bean, and the Lousmas. The group stands in front of the VC-140 (Jet Star) which flew the crewmen from San Diego to Ellington Air Force Base.
Date Taken 1973-09-27
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during Skylab 3 recovery
Description Overal view of the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in Mission Control Center (MCC), bldg 30, during the Skylab 3 recovery.
Date Taken 1973-09-27
Personnel in Mission Control …
Title Personnel in Mission Control examine replica of spider habitat from Skylab 3
Description Flight Director Neil B. Hutchinson, left, and Astronaut Bruce McCandless II hold up a glass enclosure - home for the spider Arachne, which is the same species as the two spiders carried on the Skylab 3 mission. The real spider is the one barely visible at the upper right corner of the square, the larger one is a projected image on the rear-screen-projected map in the front of the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC). McCandless served as backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission and was a spacecraft-communicater (CAPCOM) for the second crew.
Date Taken 1973-09-25
Skylab 4 crewmen at Ellingto …
Title Skylab 4 crewmen at Ellington AFB before flying to Kennedy Space Center
Description The prime crewmen of the third manned Skylab mission pause at a USAF T-38A jet at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas before flying to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Skylab 4 crewmen are Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, center, commander, Scientist-Astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot, left, and Astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot.
Date Taken 1973-11-12
Two of Apollo 17 crewmen joi …
Title Two of Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their lunar landing mission
Description Two of the three Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their historic lunar landing mission of one year ago by presenting the flight controllers in Mission Control Center (MSC) the U.S. flag which flew with them to the Moon. Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, center, Apollo 17 commander, and Harrison H. Schmitt, right, lunar module pilot, are shown with Eugene F. Kranz, who accepted the flag on behalf of all the flight controllers during special ceremonies in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of MCC during the third manned Skylab mission. Kranz is Chief of the Flight Control Division of the Flight Operations Directorate at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-12-11
Flight Operations Director's …
Title Flight Operations Director's console in Mission Control during Skylab 4
Description An overall view of the Flight Operations Director's console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at JSC during the launch of the Skylab 4 mission. The television monitor records the progress of the flight seconds after liftoff. Left to right, are Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., JSC Director, Howard W. Tindall Jr., JSC Director of Flight Operations, and Flight Director M.P. Frank. Public Affairs commentator John E. McLeish can be seen at the PAO console in the background.
Date Taken 1973-11-16
Dr. Lubos Kohoutek in Missio …
Title Dr. Lubos Kohoutek in Mission Control during Skylab 4
Description Dr. Lubos Kohoutek, discoverer of the Comet Kohoutek, is seen in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center during a visit to JSC. He is talking over a radio-telephone with the Skylab 4 crewmen in the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. Professor Kohoutek, a well-known Czechoslovakian astronomer who works at the Hamburg Observatory in West Germany, discussed the comet with Astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue. Dr. Zdenek Sekania, who accompanied Dr. Kohoutek on the visit to JSC, is on the telephone in the left background. Dr. Sekania is with the Smithsonian Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Date Taken 1974-01-03
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