As someone born while Skylab was in space, I do not like that opening “5” on the time element.
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The all-rookie crew of Jerry Carr, Ed Gibson, and Bill Pogue were launched from Kennedy Space Center’s LC-39B pad in November 1973 aboard the penultimate Saturn 1B.
In Homesteading Space by David Hitt, Owen Garriott, and Joe Kerwin, Gibson says: "We each signed up for an orbit as the radio-response guy.
Although the legacy of Skylab 4 is most felt in how astronaut work schedules are designed today, the mission was also notable for the Apollo era’s final extravehicular activity (EVA).
Other options considered using a fourth Apollo CSM to either boost the abandoned space station into a high orbit or de-orbit the structure.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing as the events of subsequent years, combining both Space Shuttle delays and Skylab coming down over Australia, would show.
Shayler also wrote Around The World in 84 Days: The Authorized Biography Of Skylab Astronaut Jerry Carr, which is a great read, as is Bill Pogue’s autobiography But for the Grace of God.
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