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Title Astronaut Charles Conrad using the bicycle ergometer
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Skylab 2 commander, during an exercise session on the bicycle ergometer in the crew quarters of the Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) in the Skylab 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit.
Date Taken 1973-06-01
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Title Astronaut Charles Conrad poses in shower facility in crew quarters
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Skylab 2 commander, smiles for the camera after a hot bath in the shower facility in the crew quarters of the Orbital Workshop of the Skylab 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit. In deploying the shower facility the shower curtain is pulled up from the floor and attached to the ceiling. The water comes through a push-button shower head attached to a flexible hose. Water is drawn off by a vacuum system.
Date Taken 1973-06-01
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Title Astronaut Charles Conrad trims hair of Astronaut Paul Weitz
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Skylab 2 commander, trims the hair of Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, during the 28-day Skylab 2 mission in Earth orbit. They are in the crew quarters wardroom of the Orbital Workshop of the Skylab 1 and 2 space station. Weitz is holding a vacuum hose in his right hand. This picture was taken by Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, Skylab 2 science pilot.
Date Taken 1973-06-01
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Title Portrait of Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr.
Description Portrait of Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. in civilian clothes, seated with a book in his lap.
Date Taken 1971-09-21
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Title Astronaut Charles Conrad seated at Apollo Telescope Mount control console
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Skylab 2 commander, is seated at the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) Control and Display console in this reproduction taken from a color television tranmission made by a TV camera aboard the Skylab 1 and 2 space station in Earth orbit. The ATM console is located in the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA). The ATM and MDA are two of the five major components of the Skylab space station.
Date Taken 1973-05-31
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Title Astronaut Joseph Kerwin takes blood sample from Astronaut Charles Conrad
Description Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin (right), Skylab 2 science pilot and a doctor of medicine, takes a blood sample from Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Sylab 2 commander, as seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by a TV camera aboard the Skylab 1 and 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit. The blood sampling was part of the Skylab Hematology and Immunology Experiment M110 series.
Date Taken 1973-06-06
Astronaut Charles Conrad as …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad as test subject for Lower Body Negative Pressure
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Skylab 2 commander, serves as test subject for the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) (M092) Experiment, as seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by at TV camera aboard the Skylab 1 and 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit. Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, Skylab 2 science pilot, assists Conrad into the LBNP device. Kerwin served as monitor for the experiment.
Date Taken 1973-06-09
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