The Prime Crew for the NASA’s First Manned Skylab Mission Meet the Press in a Final Briefing Prior to Isolation for the Coming Launch of Skylab II, 05/01/1973
Skylab, the first American space station, was launched unmanned on May 14, 1973. This photo is of the prime crew for the first manned Skylab mission at a final briefing prior to isolation for the coming launch, which occurred on May 24, 1973. The astronauts are (L. to R.) Charles Conrad Jr., Commander, Paul J. Weitz, Pilot, and Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin, Science Pilot.
The Prime Crew for the N.A.S.A.’s First Manned Skylab Mission Meet the Press in a Final Briefing Prior to Isolation for the Coming Launch of Skylab II
After over 6 years in orbit, Skylab, NASA’s first manned space station, fell back to Earth on July 11, 1979. Shown here is a press photo of the Skylab II mission crew:
HOUSTON, TEXAS — The prime crew for the N.A.S.A.’s first manned Skylab mission meet the press in a final briefing prior to isolation for the coming launch of Skylab II scheduled for launch no earlier than May 15, 1973 from Launch Complex 39-B, Cape Kennedy, Florida, with a Saturn I-B vehicle. The astronauts are (L. to R.) Charles Conrad, Jr., Commander, Paul J. Weitz, Pilot, and Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin, Science Pilot. The mission will be of 28 days duration in a near-circular orbit at an altitude of 432 kilometers (270 nautical miles) and at an inclination of 50 degrees from the equator performing scientific, medical, and technological experiments.
From the Series - Photographs of The Skylab Project, Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency
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