NASA SKYLAB 3 MISSION REPORT 71902

Made during the Skylab program, this film featuring astronauts Alan Bean, Owen K. Garriot and Jack R. Lousma details the repairs made to the space station after it was damaged during launch, and then describes the second manned mission to the space station known as the Skylab 3 mission.
The station was damaged during launch when the micrometeoroid shield separated from the workshop and tore away, taking one of two main solar panel arrays with it and jamming the other one so that it could not deploy. This deprived Skylab of most of its electrical power, and also removed protection from intense solar heating, threatening to make it unusable. The first crew was able to save it in the first in-space major repair, by deploying a replacement heat shade and freeing the jammed solar panels.
The Skylab 3 mission began July 28, 1973, with the launch of three astronauts on the Saturn IB rocket, and lasted 59 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes. A total of 1,084.7 astronaut-utilization hours were tallied by the Skylab 3 crew performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources, and other experiments.
The manned Skylab missions were officially designated Skylab 2, 3, and 4. Mis-communication about the numbering resulted in the mission emblems reading Skylab I, Skylab II, and Skylab 3 respectively.
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this is a great video! it really helped me understand the skylab 3 project better and also really helped me with my school project

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To understand how people and objects will wander in zero gravity, watch the latest videos from the International Space Station. And then look at this ridiculous attempt to SIMULATE weightlessness. This is a shame for the American space program Skylab.

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Yes, obviously they should have looked at footage from 30 years in the future Why didn't they think of that?