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The backup crew and some support crew participated in an interesting rescue scenario with 2 astronauts flying to Skylab to take back the crew of 3 onboard Skylab. This would mean 5 astronauts returning to earth in the command module.
Neutral Buoyancy Simulator at MSFC
Gibson Training at ATM Simulator
3rd Crew at Mission Training and Simulation Facility at JSC
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Aside from physically training for the longest crewed missions that the United States had ever attempted, the actual training program was developed simultaneously with the hardware and experiments for the mission.
Skylab 2 Crew Pre-launch Training
Conrad Training
Conrad Training in the MDA
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Bill Pogue served with the Thunderbirds as an aerobatics pilot from 1955 to 1957.
William Pogue
Paul Weitz
Paul Weitz and Peterson on Challenger for STS-6
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Carr was in the likely crew rotation position to serve as lunar module pilot for Apollo 19 and walk on the Moon before the mission was canceled by NASA in 1970.
Lousma in Lower Body Neg. Press. Device
Gerald Carr
Carr Demonstrates Weightlessness by Balancing Pogue on his Finger
