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“Houston, Skylab. I’d like you to be the first to know that the PLT is the proud father of a genuine flare.” Joe Kerwin
Pete’s New Way to Ride the Bike. credit Shayler
The Skylab 500. Credit Shayler
Apollo Telescope Mount
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NASA’s first priority was to get Skylab back into solar inertial attitude. This was both the coolest attitude and would point the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) solar arrays directly at the sun. Thus the crew would have the most electrical power possible with the solar wing still stuck.
Pete in the Lower Body Negative Pressure Experiment
Paul Uses Bicycle Ergometer
Paul at the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) Console
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During the stand up EVA, Kerwin held Weitz while he pulled at the debris several times which disturbed the stability of the Skylab station and caused the Skylabs gyros to compensate. This was a big problem because it nearly pulled Weitz out of the hatch.
Parasol Deployment
Solar Wing EVA
Parasol Installed and Wing Extended
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At 07:00 hours Houston time, Skylab 2 roared off its Milk Stool from LC-39B; the first Saturn IB launch in almost five years and only the second launch from Pad 39B.
Skylab 2 Crew-Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz
Launch of Skylab 2
Skylab Fly Around Inspecting Damage
