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The Skylab-4 astronauts' "strike" ended 50 years ago today.

But: "After a thorough review of the available evidence, it is clear that no strike or mutiny took place during the Skylab 4 mission."

So what really happened?

https://www.nasa.gov/history/the-real-story-of-the-skylab-4-strike-in-space/

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#Skylab50 #ApolloCasettes #ApolloGuidanceComputer #GRiDCompass A few crumbs of technology, here and there.
https://digi.countrymusichalloffame.org/digital/collection/musicaudio/id/8282 #cassettefuturism

#Skylab50 #ApolloCasettes #ApolloGuidanceComputer #GRiDCompass A few crumbs of technology, here and there.
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Owen Garriott (shown here) and his Skylab 3 crewmates performed a nearly 6.5 hour spacewalk #OTD in 1973 to install a 2-pole sunshade, change the film on the Apollo Telescope Mount, and install and repair equipment for experiments. #Skylab50

Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/47rmpNR
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During their first few days on Skylab, @NASA_Astronauts Al Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma moved slowly to minimize their vertigo as they adjusted to weightlessness.

In this image taken #OTD in 1973, they have a meal together. #Skylab50

More: https://go.nasa.gov/3DG4ULX
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The Skylab 3 mission launched #50YearsAgo today with astronauts Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott on board, ready for a record-breaking 59-day mission furthering science on the Skylab space station. #Skylab50

Revisit Skylab 3: https://go.nasa.gov/44xOaSR
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The Skylab 3 crew snapped this pic of the Skylab space station, their home for the next two months, prior to docking. #Skylab50
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The Skylab 3 mission launched #50YearsAgo today with astronauts Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott on board, ready for a record-breaking 59-day mission furthering science on the Skylab space station. #Skylab50

Revisit Skylab 3: https://go.nasa.gov/44xOaSR
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50 years ago, Skylab's prime spider, Arabella, was preparing for launch. From over 3,400 proposals from high school students across the country, the "Web Formation" experiment was one of 25 chosen to fly on Skylab. #Skylab50

📸 Dr. Ray Gause feeds Arabella a fly in July 1973
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Pete Conrad, Joe Kerwin, and Paul Weitz splashed down in the Pacific Ocean #OTD in 1973, successfully completing the Skylab 2 mission. #Skylab50

The record for longest time spent in space was now 28 days. https://go.nasa.gov/3NKEZbT
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#50YearsAgo today, the Skylab 2 crew said goodbye to Skylab and prepared for their return to Earth, taking this photo of the station that had been their home for the last 26 days.

Despite the slow start on the damaged station, they had salvaged the program, managed to accomplish the majority of their science goals, and broke the space endurance record during their stay! #Skylab50

Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-skylab-2-astronauts-splash-down-after-record-breaking-28-day-mission
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"Houston, Skylab. I'd like you to be the first to know that the pilot is the proud father of a genuine flare." 🌟

Skylab's Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) had 8 telescopes for observing the Sun at different wavelengths. #Skylab50 1/3
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#OTD in 1973, the Skylab 2 crew made their first observations of a solar flare, recording the long-awaited event with unprecedented detail! #Skylab50

Want to learn more about Skylab's solar observations? We have a book on that! https://go.nasa.gov/4675SO2
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Still, the Skylab 2 crew members weren't big fans. Food that tasted good in Houston tasted worse in space. The most popular item: German potato salad #Skylab50

📘 Life on Skylab: https://go.nasa.gov/3MRqNMx

📷 Skylab 2 astronauts try out the food while training at @NASA_Johnson
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One of the most colorful of NASA's first astronauts, Pete Conrad, veteran of the Gemini 5, 11, and Apollo 12 missions, was also the commander of Skylab 2. In this photo taken 50 years ago today, he tries out the Skylab shower. #Skylab50

Do you have a favorite Pete Conrad story?
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50 years ago today, astronauts moved into the world's first space station. NASA's Skylab had suffered significant damage on launch & required a makeshift sunshade to avoid deadly overheating.
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4011/contents.htm. #Skylab50 #NASA

#50YearsAgo today, the Skylab 2 crew began to activate Skylab, moving into the Orbital Workshop (OWS), where it was about 55°C (130°F). It took hours to assemble and deploy the parasol through the scientific airlock.

Once deployed, the OWS's temperature began to drop. #Skylab50
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6 hours after Skylab 2 launched #OTD in 1973, the crew reached Skylab and got its first view of the damage.

The protective shield of the Orbital Workshop was missing, one of the solar arrays was gone, and the other only partially deployed. #Skylab50

🔗 https://go.nasa.gov/3MGLqvP
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Astronauts Pete Conrad, Paul Weitz, and Joe Kerwin, the first Skylab crew, launched in an Apollo spacecraft to the damaged space station #50YearsAgo today. 🚀 #Skylab50

Task #1: Save Skylab!
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NASA Administrator James Fletcher appeared before a Senate Committee #OTD in 1973, to detail the plans coming together for Skylab's repair. If the repairs were successful, most of the activities scheduled for the Skylab 3 and 4 missions would still be possible! #Skylab50
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After Skylab's launch, engineers came up with several possibilities for shielding Skylab's Orbital Workshop from the Sun. Here, Alyene Baker is assisted by 3 others as she sews the 3-layered parasol sun shade that the Skylab 2 crew would deploy. #Skylab50 https://go.nasa.gov/3M8ReNo
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