Author: Dwight Steven-Boniecki
Publisher: Apogee Books
ISBN: 9781926592282
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Book & DVD. With the successful repair of the Skylab workshop by Pete Conrads Skylab 2 crew the stage was now set for his fellow Apollo 12 moon walker Alan Bean to lead a full scientific mission to the giant space station. Bean was to be accompanied by two of the next generation of astronauts, Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma. The crew were launched on a Saturn IB on 28 July 1973 for a mission which would last for just short of two months. This would be by far the longest duration mission ever attempted by the United States. Just as the previous mission had required space walks, Skylab 3 would also see the crew venture outside on three separate occasions. The experience gained from these early repair missions would be of incalculable value to the future of manned space exploration. Having secured the station and completed the repairs begun by Conrads crew, Bean, Lousma and Garriott conducted an intensive series of experiments on themselves and on behalf of students back on Earth. They also began the serious study of our home planet through the Skylab Earth Resources Experiment Package and undertook meaningful studies of the Sun using the Apollo Telescope Mount. Many of the paradigms for life aboard the International Space Station began right here with the flight of Skylab 3. Monitoring the crews reaction to long duration exposure to micro-gravity, watching the effect on small organisms, carefully studying the earths ecosphere, looking out into deep space with the benefit of clear skies and generally learning whether humanity could withstand the rigors of long missions away from the Earth. In this book you will discover everything from the minutiae of complex experiments to the human face of some of the earliest true space residents. Once again the enormous Skylab workshop would provide them with a home.
Skylab 3
Author: Dwight Steven-Boniecki
Publisher: Apogee Books
ISBN: 9781926592282
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Book & DVD. With the successful repair of the Skylab workshop by Pete Conrads Skylab 2 crew the stage was now set for his fellow Apollo 12 moon walker Alan Bean to lead a full scientific mission to the giant space station. Bean was to be accompanied by two of the next generation of astronauts, Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma. The crew were launched on a Saturn IB on 28 July 1973 for a mission which would last for just short of two months. This would be by far the longest duration mission ever attempted by the United States. Just as the previous mission had required space walks, Skylab 3 would also see the crew venture outside on three separate occasions. The experience gained from these early repair missions would be of incalculable value to the future of manned space exploration. Having secured the station and completed the repairs begun by Conrads crew, Bean, Lousma and Garriott conducted an intensive series of experiments on themselves and on behalf of students back on Earth. They also began the serious study of our home planet through the Skylab Earth Resources Experiment Package and undertook meaningful studies of the Sun using the Apollo Telescope Mount. Many of the paradigms for life aboard the International Space Station began right here with the flight of Skylab 3. Monitoring the crews reaction to long duration exposure to micro-gravity, watching the effect on small organisms, carefully studying the earths ecosphere, looking out into deep space with the benefit of clear skies and generally learning whether humanity could withstand the rigors of long missions away from the Earth. In this book you will discover everything from the minutiae of complex experiments to the human face of some of the earliest true space residents. Once again the enormous Skylab workshop would provide them with a home.
Publisher: Apogee Books
ISBN: 9781926592282
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Book & DVD. With the successful repair of the Skylab workshop by Pete Conrads Skylab 2 crew the stage was now set for his fellow Apollo 12 moon walker Alan Bean to lead a full scientific mission to the giant space station. Bean was to be accompanied by two of the next generation of astronauts, Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma. The crew were launched on a Saturn IB on 28 July 1973 for a mission which would last for just short of two months. This would be by far the longest duration mission ever attempted by the United States. Just as the previous mission had required space walks, Skylab 3 would also see the crew venture outside on three separate occasions. The experience gained from these early repair missions would be of incalculable value to the future of manned space exploration. Having secured the station and completed the repairs begun by Conrads crew, Bean, Lousma and Garriott conducted an intensive series of experiments on themselves and on behalf of students back on Earth. They also began the serious study of our home planet through the Skylab Earth Resources Experiment Package and undertook meaningful studies of the Sun using the Apollo Telescope Mount. Many of the paradigms for life aboard the International Space Station began right here with the flight of Skylab 3. Monitoring the crews reaction to long duration exposure to micro-gravity, watching the effect on small organisms, carefully studying the earths ecosphere, looking out into deep space with the benefit of clear skies and generally learning whether humanity could withstand the rigors of long missions away from the Earth. In this book you will discover everything from the minutiae of complex experiments to the human face of some of the earliest true space residents. Once again the enormous Skylab workshop would provide them with a home.
Skylab
Author: Shayler David
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781852334079
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Between May 1973 and February 1974 three teams of astronauts increased the American space endurance record from 14 days, set in 1965, to three months aboard the Skylab space station in missions lasting 28, 59 and 84 days. American astronauts did not surpass these records for over 20 years until the NASA Mir missions began in 1995. In "Skylab - America's space station", David Shayler chronicles the evolution of the station, its infrastructure on the ground including astronaut training, each of the three manned missions, summary of results, achievements and the lessons learned. The creation of the International Space Station is the real legacy of Skylab as American astronauts once again embark on extended missions around the Earth.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781852334079
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Between May 1973 and February 1974 three teams of astronauts increased the American space endurance record from 14 days, set in 1965, to three months aboard the Skylab space station in missions lasting 28, 59 and 84 days. American astronauts did not surpass these records for over 20 years until the NASA Mir missions began in 1995. In "Skylab - America's space station", David Shayler chronicles the evolution of the station, its infrastructure on the ground including astronaut training, each of the three manned missions, summary of results, achievements and the lessons learned. The creation of the International Space Station is the real legacy of Skylab as American astronauts once again embark on extended missions around the Earth.
Skylab
Author: Roland W. Newkirk
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Space Flight
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Space flight
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Space flight
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Space Station Freedom Utilization Conference
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bioengineering
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bioengineering
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
Aeronautics and Space Report of the President
Author: United States. President
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
NASA Thesaurus
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Space flight : the first 30 years
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1568062893
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1568062893
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
NASA Activities
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description