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Skylab 2 (also SL-2 and SLM-1 [4]) was the first crewed mission to Skylab, the first American orbital space station. The mission was launched on an Apollo command and service module by a Saturn IB rocket on May 25, 1973, [ 5 ] and carried NASA astronauts Pete Conrad , Joseph P. Kerwin , Paul J. Weitz to the station.
In addition to the flown Skylab space station, a second flight-quality backup Skylab space station had been built during the program. NASA considered using it for a second station in May 1973 or later, to be called Skylab B (S-IVB 515), but decided against it. Launching another Skylab with another Saturn V rocket would have been very costly ...
SLM-2 Owen K. Garriott Jack R. Lousma Installed a new gyroscope selection box, and replaced the film in the solar observatory. 22 September 11:18 2 hours 41 minutes 13:59 Skylab SLM-2 Owen K. Garriott Alan Bean: Replaced the film on the solar observatory and collected the Thermal Coatings Experiment Panel for return to Earth. [4] 22 November 17 ...
Afternoon analemma photo taken in 1998–99 in Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S., by Jack Fishburn.The Bell Laboratories building is in the foreground. In astronomy, an analemma (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ l ɛ m ə /; from Ancient Greek ἀνάλημμα (analēmma) 'support') [a] is a diagram showing the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time over ...
Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3 [2]) was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station.. The mission began on November 16, 1973, with the launch of Gerald P. Carr, Edward Gibson, and William R. Pogue in an Apollo command and service module on a Saturn IB rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, [3] and lasted 84 days, one hour ...
A giant solar sail recently unfurled by Nasa has been spotted “tumbling” through space.. Astronomers captured the 80-square-metre object, which was unfurled last week, appearing to fluctuate ...
Mars Scout Program - 2010; Constellation program - 2010; New Millennium Program - 2009; Project Prometheus - 2005; Additional examples. NASA X-38 (Crew Return Vehicle)- 2002 [1] Lockheed Martin X-33 - 2001; HL-20 Personnel Launch System - 1993 [2]
Mars and Jupiter are cozying up in the night sky for their closest rendezvous this decade. In reality, our solar system’s biggest planet and its dimmer, reddish neighbor will be more than 350 ...