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“I had to connect eleven five-foot sections of aluminum poles, twice, forming two long poles. These were then extended to Jack some forty or fifty feet away, where the poles were mounted in a ‘V’, and a large ‘sail’ pulled across them with nylon lines.” Owen Garriott
Arabella’s First Web in Space
Lousma Begins Twin-pole Shield EVA
Twin-pole Shield Installed
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“Near the end of our preparation period, management said; Well, we believe, we can do this, now let’s set about to see how we can get them down without expending the resources for a rescue mission. So just overnight we changed goals.” Vance Brand
Skylab Rescue Mission Patch
Crippled CSM Docked at Skylab
Garriott Exercises with the Cycle Ergometer
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“I think for me that was probably the low point of the mission because it threatened our ability to get our job done, and I wasn’t willing to come home. I’ve never been afraid of space, but that was a fear that I had (losing the mission) more than anything else.” Jack Lousma
Five Seat Skylab Rescue Command Module
Skylab Rescue Mission Crew-Vance Brand, Don Lind
Multiple Docking Adapter
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Garriott was in the center couch and Lousma was on his right with a small window near his seat, Suddenly Jack announced, “Owen, there goes one of our thrusters floating by the window!”
Skylab 3 Emblem for Second Crew
Service Module Quad Thruster. Credit: Historic Spacecraft
Second Crew Approaches Skylab
