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SL-II MC-616/1
Time:
2 0 : 4 1 CDT, 1 4 : 0 1 : 4 1 GMT
6/6/73
This i s Skylab Control, Greenwich mean
time 1 hour 41 minutes. As t h e Skylab s p a c e s t a t i o n completes
i t ' s 337th revolution as i t nears the Vanguard tracking station.
We e x p e c t CapCom Hank H a r t s f i e l d t o r e a d up t h e e v e n i n g news
to the crew as the Skylab space station will s t a r t i t s 338th
revolution.
CC
Skylab, Houston through Vanguard for 11 min
utes.
PLT
Hi there.
CC
And s o you d o n ' t get confused we goofed
up and sent you page 1 of the flight plan twice.
PLT
Say again what you did?
c c
Okay, we sent page 1 of the flight plan
twice.
c c
(Garble) Belay that.
We d i d n ' t s e n d i t t w i c e
we just put i t i n the wrong order.
PLT
You're forgiven.
PLT
Okay, Houston, i f you want a status report
on where we are, we're about to open the hatch.
We f i g u r e d
t o h a v e t h e EVA w r a p p e d up i n a b o u t an h o u r and a h a l f .
CC
A few people got up on that one.
PLT
(Laughter)
MCC
I'm glad I stayed awake.
PLT
No. seriously, we are a t the place on page
3 on t h e cue c a r d where i t s a y s OBM's a n d LCG k n o t t i n g ,
s o we're going t o p r e t t y much wind i t up there.
We're going
to smoke through the rest of i t and see i f there's any l i t t l e
details we could catch up on.
And go through t h e EVA p l a n
one more time and eat our ice cream and strawberries.
MCC
Sounds like preflight.
PLT
Hey, Rusty, I can't find that (garble).
I remember seeing i t that has the S082 dope on i t .
Is there
anything else of interest on that one?
MCC
Stand by.
S CHWEICKART
Yes, PJ, i t does have some other things on
it.
Stand by just 1.
PLT
Okay.
CDR
You know me, Rusty.
I like to get things
done early and not work late.
CDR
I t ' s like the night before Christmas up
here.
The suits are hung by the fireplace with their LSU's in
place just waiting to go.
MCC
Okay, Skylab.
I ' l l tell you what.
It's
not too long a message, but i t does have some other things
on i t t h a t deal with the prep and what we think w e ' l l do here
i s retransmit i t to you here over Ascension which i s coming
up in about 15 minutes.
PA0
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1 4 : 0 1 : 4 1 GMT
CDR
What's the message numbers, Rusty?
SCHWEICKART
I t ' s 1316 Alfa and aside from what we
already talked up, Pete, most of i t deals with Post and I
think the only thing in (garble) is getting the right film
magazine out of 141 there.
CDR
And I got i t (garble) and i t ' s ready to go.
END OF TAPE
�SL-II MC-617/1
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6/6/73
cc
Skylab, Houston, we need
c l e a n e d up o n t h e ATM p a n e l .
CDR
Shoot.
CC
Okay, we need t o get t h e H-alfa
camera OFF, and close the doors on H a l f a 1 and 2 , and the
S056 d o o r CLOSED, and MPC INHIBIT.
CDR
Okay, I was seeing how many of those you'd
pick up.
You did pretty good.
CC
And - CDR
I think we've got a bat charge light.
CC
The star trackers kicked off again and
we're getting some angles for you now.
We n e e d t o r e a c q u i r e .
CDR
How come I have a b a t charge l i g h t ,
Houston?
CC
Okay, s t a r t r a c k e r a n g l e s a r e OUTER
1500, INNER i s 0035.
And t h e b a t c h a r g e l i g h t o n CBRM 1 3 i s
no sweat; we just had the heaters on during the dark period
the re.
CDR
Hey, how come the heaters on the
night s i d e made the bat charge l i g h t come on then?
CC
I ' l l get an answer.
CDR
(garble)
CC
Okay, what happened there was the
heaters were on during the day l i g h t so the bat didn't get
completely charged.
CDR
Okay.
How much of a sweat i s i t ,
f o r power tomorrow on EVA?
CDR
Or to put i t another way, I ' d like a
briefing.
I don't want to be hanging half way out the hatch
and have PJ s t a r t t a l k i n g about b a t t e r y c h a r g e r s and PCG and
this that and the other thing without understanding whats going
B
on.
Okay?
CC
Okay.
The EVA power down we s e n t you
up there - the things we're going t o command o f f , t o t a l 1106
w a t t s and we c a l c u l a t e f o r the EVA, y o u ' l l need 1012 w a t t s
and t h a t i n c l u d e s the VTR which w e ' r e s c r u b b i n g , s o we
think we've got a real good margin.
CDR
Okay.
I won't scrub the VTR, you
f
know.
You'd be surprised how much you can see from the i n s i d e .
And I t h i n k w e ' l l put t h e camera up here and PJ can r e a l l y give
you a good shot of Joe standing out there because t h a t ' s the
wide open from t h i s STS window.
CC
Okay, we - t h a t ' s a good idea, we got
t h e - t h e VTR s c h e d u l e i n t h a t 1012 w a t t s and w e ' r e about
LOS now, P e t e .
Vanguard will be coming up in - correction
Ascension coming up in 56 and that w i l l be your med conference.
CDR
Okay, see you later.
*f
END OF TAPE
k U A . l l
�SL-II MC-618/1
Time:
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6/6/73
PAO
This i s Skylab Control, Greenwich mean time
one hour 55 minutes.
On t h e p r e v i o u s p a s s a c r o s s Vanguard
tracking station Science Pilot Kerwin jokingly told the ground
we're about ready t o open the hatch and we should have the
EVA o v e r i n about an hour and a h a l f .
His comments were
a d d r e s s e d t o t h e f a c t t h a t t h e crew i s t h a t w e l l a h e a d on t h e EVA
preparations for tomorrow morning.
When t h a t remark came
down from Skylab space s t a t i o n , s e v e r a l of the f l i g h t c o n t r o l
lers here in the Mission Control Center stood up and looked
around quite surprised.
Commander Conrad mentioned that they
were ready with their equipment for tomorrow morning.
He
said the LSU's are by the fireplace ready to go.
The LSU
i s the Life Support Umbilical which i s a 60-foot long umbilical
cord that the crew - through which the crew will receive their
oxygen and water supply for their liquid cooled garment that
they wear underneath their Apollo-type pressure suits for the
EVA.
We now a r e e n t e r i n g t h e A s c e n s i o n t r a c k i n g s t a t i o n ,
during which time Skylab Flight Surgeon, Dr. Charles Ross
will have the evening medical conference with the crew.
At
Greenwich mean time one hour 56 minutes, t h i s i s Skylab Control.
CC
Skylab, Houston.
We've got about 15 min
utes left.
SPT
Fifteen minutes?
CC
Roger, we're picking up Canary and Madrid
here contiguous.
SPT
Woo woo.
Okay, l e t ' s hear the l a t e show.
CC
Hey, I could give you a l i t t l e run down
on t h e power h e r e you asked about j u s t b e f o r e LOS a w h i l e ago.
The actions you're taking there are essentially cutting a l l
t h e f a n s o f f and g e t a l l t h e l i g h t s i n OWS, g e t t i n g t h e
w a r d r o o m w a t e r h e a t e r s o f f a n d t h e ATM C&D c o o l a n t l o o p o f f a n d
o n e o f t h e ( g a r b l e ) i s POWER DOWN, a n d t h a t t o t a l s o u t a b o u t
415 watts.
Now, j u s t p r i o r t o t h e EVA what w e ' r e going t o
d o i s command OFF t h e ATM e x p e r i m e n t p o w e r a n d g e t r e g s
three and 15 off which are not outputting anyhow, get your
bat h e a t e r ' s o f f , power down experiment Pointing and the
r e a l b i g g y t h e r e i s s w i t c h t h e ATM - t h e r m a l c o n t r o l s y s t e m
over to survival which saves us 466 watts.
And a l l t h i s comes
up to 1100.
And then t h e t h i n g s t h a t a r e required f o r your
EVA - a l l y o u r l i g h t s , SUS pumps, t a p e r e c o r d e r , and c o n
v e r t e r , t h e primary c o o l a n t l o o p , and LSU power comes o u t
t o about 887 and t h e n VTR i s a n o t h e r 125 f o r a t o t a l of 1 , 0 1 2 .
SPT
Okay, we noticed that l i t t l e note not t o
use the food heaters for lunch tomorrow.
I ' l l have you know
that we've only been using the food heaters for one food
each day and that's the evening frozen the meal.
CC
Roger, copy.
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SPT
Now, Henry, l e t me make s u r e t h a t t h e way
we're figuring on going tomorrow.
And I d o n ' t know what happened
to that message I told Rusty I'm missing.
We're going to basically
work from three books/pieces of paper.
One of them
b e i n g t h e EVA c u e c a r d s , a n o t h e r b e i n g t h e EVA c h e c k l i s t , and
t h e t h i r d b e i n g t h a t EVA p r o c e d u r e t h a t was s e n t up h e r e t o d a y
and yesterday - part of i t was in that stuff yesterday.
So
I assume that everything you're talking about i s included in
either checklist changes, cue card changes, or in that procedure,
is that right?
CC
That's affirmative.
SPT
And I remember s e e i n g t h a t message, Rusty
and I don't know how i t was thrown out of (garble).
CDR
Hey, by the way, what are you planner types
planning for the day after tomorrow so that we could get this space
craft put back in the right shape.
Don't forget we got tools
and you know a l l that other Mickey Mouse s a i l s are hanging
around and man, there's junk a l l over everywhere, so i t ' s
n o t j u s t t h e r e g u l a r EVA p o s t - o p e r a t i o n .
Copy that?
CC
Roger, we've got people looking at that,
Pete, and they're - we hope t o have a plan.
CDR
Okay, i t i s definitely going to take
us - I think we ought t o have a 12-man hour three hour each no e x c u s e me - n i n e manhour t h r e e h o u r e a c h p e r i o d i n a d d i t i o n
t o t h e normal p o s t EVA OPS t o p u t t h i s s p a c e c r a f t back i n shape
because we've done torn i t apart for the last two days.
CC
Roger, we concur.
END OF TAPE
�SL-II MC-619/1
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6/6/73
MCC
Henry?
^C
Hey, CDR o r t r o o p s up t h e r e .
We'd
like to say just a word about the lighting related to the power
here.
If you get out there, especially i f Joe gets up around
the discone antenna i n the evening there when i t s dark, and
decides he does not need the docking lights, PJ could pull
the breakers.
There are two breakers, they knock out the two
d i f f e r e n t l i g h t s t h a t apply t o t h a t a r e a , and we could
save power and would appreciate i t i f you don't need
those lights, Joe, to let PJ turn them off.
P L T
Are the breakers labeled what, docking
light?
MCC
Stand by, I ' l l get the specific
label on the panel for you.
PLT
1 got
another question while you're
doing that.
Remember, you said something about a reconfiguration
of the STS panel tonight.
I see that tomorrow night, but I don't
see anything to do tonight yet.
, MCC
Okay, we got that one.
The circuit
breakers for the docking light are on panel (garble).
PLT
Hello, Houston, you s t i l l there?
MCC
Roger.
PLT
Maybe I'm confused,
I have here a
message for (garble) I got a message number for you.
1414,
now i s t h a t t o be performed tonight or tomorrow night?
MCC
Roger, that has to be done prior to
t h e EVA.
That's the one I was talking about earlier, that i f
you could do, i t ' s a real short one, you might do i t tonight.
r - i a v.
^ » okay*
You c a n ' t ask me tomorrows
Flight Plan, and I thought - I locked in right away on
presleep plan tomorrow night. (Laughter)
MCC
Paul, the - we have two ways t o turn
off the docking lights - there's a switch on 207 which turns them
We g 0 t
t h e c i r c u l t breakers which turn off
u 7c
u' °r °n
half the lights
each of them.
And I ' l l t e l l you r i g h t now which
one turns off which lights.
. SPT
you in a minute.
H e
'8 en route
t o t h e MDA,
Rusty, he'll call
,
. . PL*
docking light switch
are the breakers, on
MCC
Okay, Rusty, I see the switch, the
above the caution warning.
Where
what panel?
202.
PLT
Okay, which one?
, 1 4 MCJ4 t
Okay» i t ? s next t o the bottom row and i t ' s
docking lights 1 and 2.
P J T
,
down, whatever i t
0h
is.
» yeah, okay.
I'm doing that power
The three configurations now, Hank.
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CC
Roger.
Copy.
PLT
O k a y , t h a t m a d e t h e AM b a t t e r i e s
6 and 7 s t a r t discharging (garble)
c c
Roger, we're going to take those
off the line tonight to keep them up.
PLT
Okay.
END OF TAPE
two BATS
�SL-II MC-620/1
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CC
Skylab, Houston.
To f i l l you i n a
l i t t l e more on the power thing, the reason that we're doing
t h i s REG a d j u s t t o n i g h t i s - t h e p l a n i s t h a t i f we g e t i n t o
a bind and have to do the pitchup to 45 degrees for thermal
reasons, that to handle the loads we're gonna bring the
AM BATS o n t h e l i n e , a n d s o w e ' r e a l l s e t u p t o d o t h a t
and command i t from the ground.
PLT
Okay.
S CHWEICKART
And Skylab, Houston h e r e , we - and a s
I mentioned earlier had not thought about the view out the
STS w i n d o w a n d i f y o u c a n g e t a TV v i e w o u t t h e r e , t h a t
would be appreciated.
We c a n p i c k u p t h e r e a l - t i m e o v e r
the s t a t e s , which w i l l be shortly after sunrise, and w e ' l l
g i v e y o u a GO f o r u s e o f a VTR i f y o u w a n t t o t r y t h a t a l s o .
CDR
I have thought of physically putting
the camera there, Rusty, but there's nothing behind
your head, and you can see the whole dipole antenna
to the base, below the base, and the A-Frame, a l l through
t h a t w i n d o w , and I ' l l t h i n k y o u ' l l h a v e e x c e l l e n t TV o f J o e .
Mcc
Yeah, I think that would be a - very
educational here, and I think everyone would look forward to
seeing i t , i f it's no sweat.
CDR
Okay, I went back up t o look at
the s a i l again.
There i s no doubt about i t that the
orange i s beginning to fade.
I would say that i t ' s a nice
orangy-frost-gold now, i f that i s a good description.
And
I think I can get the TV up there t o where I can show you
about a 6 inch strip about 3 inches wide of i t .
In full
zoom, you might think about what that would do for color
resolution.
And we can work that one l a t e r .
^cc
Okay, fine.
It just so happens I
have i n my very hand a t t h e moment a couple o f samples o f
the sail material here, which have been exposed to various
thermal c y c l i n g , and l e t me ask you, with your d e s c r i p t i o n
if you might take a gander at the stationary end of the
LBNP f o r c o l o r c o m p a r i s o n w i t h what y o u j u s t d e s c r i b e d t o
me .
don't know.
I t ' s s t i l l much more
oranger than that, Rusty.
That's a flat gold and this has
s t i l l got a lot of orange l e f t in i t , but i t ' s - i t looks
faded.
That's what i t looks like.
CDR
1
**CC
Okay, fine, well i t ' s between two of
them that we got here i n our hands right now.
So that does
give us some hack on i t , thanks.
. CDR
Okay, give us a l i t t l e more advance
warning i f we're going to do a s a i l deployment, w i l l you?
MCC
1
kee
P frying to get
some, but I'm not
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6/6/73
having much luck.
Skylab, Houston.
We're about 30 seconds
from LOS.
Be c o m i n g u p o n G u a m a t 4 0 , a n d I d o h a v e s o m e n e w s
if you've got time to listen to it there, if not we'll do
it in the morning.
PAO
This is Skylab Control.
Greenwich
mean time 2 hours and 15 minutes. The previous several
passes had Commander Conrad, Science Pilot Kerwin, and
Pilot Paul Weitz discussing preparations for tomorrow's
EVA.
Commander Conrad passed to the ground a suggestion
that they use the TV camera tomorrow by placing it at one
of the windows in the STS, the structural transition section,
which is between the airlock module and the MDA, the multiple
docking adaptor.
There are four windows, 8 by 12 inches, oval
windows spaced 90 degrees apart, on the outside of the STS.
Commander Conrad said that by placing the camera in one of
those windows, they might get a good picture of Science
Pilot Joe Kerwin as he passes out the equipment for the EVA.
At G r e e n w i c h m e a n t i m e 2 h o u r s a n d 1 7 m i n u t e s , t h i s i s
Skylab Control, with next acquisition at - over the Guam
Island tracking station in 23 minutes.
cc
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6/6/73
PAO
This i s Skylab Control, Greenwich mean
time two hours 38 minutes.
We w i l l h a v e a c q u i s i t i o n o f t h e
Skylab space s t a t i o n over the Guam I s l a n d tracking s t a t i o n
momentarily.
We'll hold the line up for conversations.
Probably
the last conversation with the crew tonight before they get
t h e good-night c a l l from Cap Com Hank H a r t s f i e l d .
CC
Skylab, Houston through Guam f o r 1 0 minutes.
PLT
Hi.
CC
PLT?
PLT
Yeah?
CC
Yeah, h e y , PJ l e t me t e l l you a b o u t one
thing here t h a t ' s come in l a t e and just a warning f o r tomorrow.
If you've got message 1326 around which i s the second part
of t h e EVA p r o c e d u r e s t h a t i s the p o r t i o n where y o u ' r e changing
out the S082-A film?
P L T
Well, we just happen to be there, talking
i t over.
Let me - t h e s e message numbers d o n ' t r e a l l y do a n y t h i n g f o r
us, Rusty.
We d o n ' t f i l e them by message number.
We g o t t a
have a subject.
Yeah, I see how I missed that other card I
missed the - well anyway I made what I thought was most of
the changes and threw that other message away.
I missed changing
the stowage compartment number though.
CC
Okay, well the one I'm talking about now,
t h e n , P a u l i s g e n e r a l message EVA a d d i t i o n a l .
PLT
I'm looking at i t Rusty, go ahead.
SCHWEICKART
Okay.
Down t h e r e where - a f t e r t h e magazine
i s a l l replaced and you're up at panel 130 doing the film
checks there, the verifications?
PLT
Yeah.
SCHWEICKART
Okay, we found out l a t e here, unfortunately,
t h a t t h e r e may be a r e l a y r a c e l o g i c problem which means t h a t
when you - okay you go down about three l i n e s there and y o u ' r e s t e p
and i t s a y s main power s w i t c h ON?
pCT
I'm looking, wait a minute.
SCHWEICKART
Okay, i t ' s right after i t says EV-3 and
y o u r e s e t t h e f i l m c o u n t e r a n d t h e n i t s a y s XUV SPECT MAIN
POWER s w i t c h ON a n d t h e n i t t a l k s a b o u t t h e p o w e r d o o r s .
P L T
Yeah, okay I got i t .
(Garble) are you
getting to handling these things?
You know, I got a 16-foot
message here and I'm trying to read from i t .
I t ' s hard to
find things sometimes.
But I've found that place, go ahead.
SCHWEICKART
Okay, the problem here i s that the door
i s open - the outer door i s open when you s t a r t this thing
a n d i f y o u j u s t t u r n t h e m a i n p o w e r ON t h e n t h e r e - i t ' s p o s
sible that the logic race will be such that you will not get
a film decrement even though everything i s okay.
And t h e way
t o f i x t h a t up i s j u s t before main power switch ON, go ahead
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and put the power door switch OFF and wait i o r tne doors t o
close.
In other words, wait about 20 seconds and then go
r i g h t a h e a d w i t h t h e m a i n p o w e r s w i t c h ON e t c e t e r a .
PLT
You're saying then that the power door's
power to the doors i s independen t of on the main power switch
position?
SCHWEICHKART
Yeah, the main power position will affect boi
doors, both the outer door, the thermal shield door and the inner
door.
If you have the main power switch OFF t h e i n n e r
door
will remain closed but the thermal shield door will s t i l l open
a n d c l o s e when y o u h i t t h e POWER DOOR s w i t c h .
PLT
Okay, so just ahead of main power
switch
ON y o u w a n t me t o s a y p o w e r d o o r s O F F .
SCHWEICKART
Right and then wait 20 seconds and then
press on with i t just as written.
PLT
Okay.
SCHWE1CKART
And I hope - I ' d l i k e t o promise you t h a t
t
that s the l a s t change on anything we got here.
And l e t me
try that just before we go t o bed here.
PLT
Okay.
Skylab, Houston.
I've got a few news items
Are you too busy to listen or rather wait?
PLT
No, take them up.
okay,
t n v,<
/
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I ' l l s t a r t off by saying on this day
1Q
in history, 1944 we landed i n Normandy.
President Nixon's
made several new appointments t h i s week.
Former Defense Secre
t a r y , Melvin Laird has been made p r e s i d e n t i a l counselor f o r
domestic affairs.
Laird said that he will form close ties with
the heads of a l l the federal departments and agencies with
members of Congress and with the President.
He w i l l have cab
inet s t a t u s and w i l l be a member of the National Security
Counsel.
General Alexander Hague w i l l r e t i r e from the Army to
become Nixon s assistant in charge of the White House s t a f f .
Hague, as you recall, waas former assistant t o Henry Kissinger
and has been acting as the White House Chief of Staff about
one month.
Kansas City Police Chief, C.M. Kelley i s expected
to become permanent Director of the FBI.
Kelley's been in
his present job since 61 and i s considered an innovator of
new police methods and techniques.
Kelley was an FBI agent
for more than 20 years.
Ronald Zeigler, White House - CC
here.
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6/6/73
CC
Kelly has been in his present job
since '61 and is considered an innovator of new police methods
and techniques. Kelly was an FBI agent for more than 20 years.
Ronald Zeigler, White House Press Secretary will become a
presidential assistant for communications in addition to keeping
his present duties.
MCC
Okay, President Nixon will be near the
Cape Kennedy area Friday when he delivers a commencement
address at Florida Technological University.
The new school
was founded in 1968 and will be graduating about 700 students.
Vice President Spiro Agnew spoke to U.S. Governors at the National
Governer's Conference Wednesday at Stateline, Nevada.
Agnew
told the audience that he is " available for consultation,
available for counseling."
MCC
In Paris, Henry Kissinger resumed secret
talks with Lee Due Tho, solithuro member from Hanoi. The two
representatives are seeking ways to halt continued violations
of the cease-fire in Viet Nam.
Congress was told by Deputy
Defense Secretary, William Clements that the Pentagon will
not order any more F-lll fighter bombers when the current
production run ends late next year. The Air Force will have
543 of the aircraft by that time.
MCC
The Senate Watergate hearings continue
to be televised during the daytime hours. Wednesday's hearings
featured Hugh Sloan, Jr., former Republican Campaign Treasurer.
Sloan discussed the intricate business of receiving and handling
huge sums of money during the election campaign.
He also
expressed his concern that the committee to re-elect the President
might be involved in the Watergate affair, but said he was
ignored by other officials.
A bill has passed the House of
Representatives to raise the minimum wage from a $1.60 an hour
to $2.20 an hour next year.
They will also extend coverage
to six million more American workers, including household
domestic workers. The bill now goes to the Senate.
CC
I guess my wife's going to get a raise.
CC
Wet weather in the mid-west caused by this
Spring's heavy flooding has delayed Spring crop planting.
Farmers and federal agricultural officials can't agree however,
whether delay will mean higher prices for consumers.
Bridgette
Bardot announced that she will retire from film making. "I
have had enough" she was quoted as saying. Some baseball
scores from yesterday, National League - Philadelphia 4,
Houston nothing. Dodgers 10, Chicago 1, Montreal 7, Atlanta
6, San Francisco 3, Pittsburg 2, Cinncinatti 6, New York 5,
Saint Louis 5 and San Diego 3. In the American League the
scores were 7 to 4, 9 to 2, 8 to 6, 5 to 4, and 5 to 2.
PLT
(Garble) report.
SCHWEICKART
Good night Henry.
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CC
SCHWEICKART
PLT
CDR
cc
Goodnight Rusty.
Goodnight, Henry.
Good day you all.
Thank you, we appreciated that.
Skylab, Houston we're about 30 seconds
from LOS.
We'll see you in the morning.
Okay, Hank you might make sure you give
us a holler (garble) we're up by 11:00.
What are the State s
passes (garble)?
Have you got them?
Y o u s a y y o u w a n t a w a k e - u p c a l l i n trie
CDR
morning^ Pete.
well, if you got one around" give us a holler
Real good.
We appreciate the good (garble) even though we have
been needling you.
We'll give (garble)
And we just need to - one last message here
cc
we need to INHIBIT the MOMENTUM DUMP on the next rev.
We messed
, .
This is Skylab Control, Greenwich mean
time two hours 51 minutes.
The crew has closed out their
14th day in space as the Skylab space station passed over the
Guam tracking island - tracking station on rev 338.
The crew
closed out the night by getting the daily news report from
Astronaut Rusty Schweickart and Hank Hartsfield.
The daily
medical bulletin from Dr. Charles Ross, Skylab Flight Surgeon
is as follows:
"The Skylab crew is in good physical condition
for tomorrow's EVA.
The Science Pilot mentioned his complete
lack of symptoms while conducting vigorous head movements during
the Ml31 protocol and the fact that none of the crew has ever
experienced any motion sickness.
The crew's day tomorrow
begins at 6:00 a.m. Houston time.
The EVA preparations will
run for about 3-1/2 to 4 hours.
EVA hatch opening is scheduled
for 10:37 a.m. central daylight time.
A four-hour EVA is
planned to accomplish five - four different activities:
de
ployment of the orbital workshop solar array panel, pin
ning back the S054 door in the Apollo telescope mount and
changing out the S082 film magazine.
The crew will be wearing
Apollo-type suits during the extravehicular activity.
The
crew will be attached to the vehicle by means of a 60-foot
long tether in which lines are provided to carry w 3 er, electri
cal power and oxygen.
During the EVA, Dr. Kerwm, an£.Commander Conrad will be hard-suited while inside the vehicle
in a pressurized portion of the vehicle, Pilot P a u l Weitz
will be soft-suited. He will not be wearing helmet or gloves
during this exercise.
He'll be in the pressurized portion
of what is referred to as the structural transition section,
a portion
between the multiple docking adapter and the air
lock module.
Pilot Weitz will monitor systems inside the STS,
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and will also read Out procedures to the other two crew mem
bers as they perform the EVA. It's a possibility that the
TV camera will be put up at one of the windows of the STS.
There are four 8 by 12 inch oval windows spaced 90 degrees
apart on the outside of the structural transisition section,
and it's possible to get - possible they may get a picture
of Science Pilot Kerwin exiting the spacecraft. For early
space-watchers in the Houston area, tomorrow morning at
5:39 a.m., Skylab space station will pass on a westerly,
west to north path over Houston.
It will be visible for four
minutes and 14 seconds at an elevation of 15 degrees. At
Greenwich mean time two hours and 55 minutes, this is Skylab
Control.
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A0
This i s Skylab Control, Greenwich
mean time 3 hours 5 minutes as the spacecraft i s on i t ' s
338th revolution of the Earth going over the South Pacific.
The crew h a s b e e n b i d good n i g h t f o r t h e e v e n i n g by CAPCOM
Hank Hartsfield and Astronaut Rusty Schweickart.
The crew will
arise at 6 a.m. Houston time, Central Daylight time to
begin a big day of extravehicular activities.
At 3 hours
6 minutes Greenwich mean time t h i s concludes the reports
from the mission control center.
The next report will be
Thursday morning at 6 a.m. Central Daylight time.
This is
Skylab Control, Greenwich mean time 3 hours, 6 minutes.
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END OF TAPE
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6/7/73
1 4 : 1 1 : 0 1 GMT
PAO
This i s Skylab Control at 11 hours 1 minute
Greenwich mean time.
We're standing by for acquisition at of Skylab at the Honeysuckle Creek station in Australia.
Ex
pect to wake up the crew at that time, i f they're not already
awake.
Vehicle status has not changed over night.
CBRMs 3
and 15 are s t i l l offline and number 17 s t i l l has a degraded
output 4 to 4-1/2 amps below what's expected.
There was no
TACS g a s usage o v e r n i g h t .
We'll stand by for the wakeup c a l l .
CC
Good morning, Skylab.
This i s Houston.
We
got you at Honeysuckle for 5 minutes.
SC
Go ahead, Houston.
CC
Hi there.
CC
Skylab, Houston.
We're starting our morning
chores on commanding.
We're going back to s o l a r i n e r t i a mode
and closing fine sensor doors.
SC
How d i d t h e i n e r t i a go l a s t n i g h t ?
(Garble).
CC
Sorry, Joe.
Didn't copy the question.
SC
I ' l l c a t c h y o u l a t e r , I ' m a t a b a d VOX.
CC
Okay, w e ' r e about 1 minute from LOS h e r e .
We're going to see you at Hawaii at 11:23.
PAO
This i s Skylab Control; 11 hours and 9 minutes
Greenwich mean time.
We've had loss of signal at Honeysuckle.
The Hawaii station w i l l acquire i n about 13-1/2 minutes.
Entire
day today will be devoted to the extravehicular activity and
preparations for that activity and cleanup after the activity.
EVA d e s i g n e d t o f r e e t h e s o l a r a r r a y w i n g i n a n a t t e m p t t o improve
the electrical power situation on Skylab.
Two Apollo t e l e s c o p e
mount a c t i v i t i e s may be performed l a t e r t h i s evening by Joe
Kerwin, the science pilot, and Paul Weitz, the pilot.
However,
other than that and a short break for housekeeping tasks, the
entire day will be devoted to the extravehicular activity.
At
11 hours 10 minutes Greenwich mean time, this i s Skylab Control.
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PAO
This i s Skylab Control at 11 hours 22
minutes Greenwich mean time.
Skylab about to be acquired
at the Hawaii Station.
Now on i t s 343rd r e v o l u t i o n of t h e
Earth.
We'll stand by for acquisition at Hawaii.
CC
Hi there, Skylab; Houston.
We g o t y o u
at Hawaii for 7 minutes.
SC
Okay.
SC
I say, Houston, how did the momentum go
last night?
We d i d n o t i n h i b i t .
We f o u n d a s t a r i n s t e a d t h a t
looked l i k e we had a good Nz; so I'm i n t e r e s t e d in how things
came out.
CC
Joe, that work you did on the startracker
fixed us up r e a l f i n e , and we had no problems with momentum
throughout the evening.
SC
Okay.
SC
Say, Dick, there was a general message
sent up during the night or morning sometime, and one of them
w a s o n t h e MOL SIEVE.
CC
Roger.
SC
The answer i s yes.
CC
Okay, thank you much.
SC
And you might p a s s on t o t h e ECS guys t h a t
I inadvertently turned that thing off yesterday, and that's what
brought to mind the whole business about checking out the
primary timer.
We n e e d a l l k i n d s o f w o r d o n w h a t ' s s u p p o s e d
to happen when you i n i t i a l l y activate a timer.
Well, I got
to playing with the secondary one yesterday, in the course
o f p u t t i n g i t b a c k o n , a n d t h e s e c o n d a r y t i m e r o n MOL SIEVE A
worked like we always thought i t would work.
That i s , regardless
o f BED p o s i t i o n , a s s o o n a s you t u r n on t h a t t i m e r , i t i m m e d i a t e l y
vents A to adsorb and B to desorb.
CC
Roger; copy.
SC
And we heard they weren't supposed t o work
like that, but that one does.
Even i f i t ' s already there,
i t ' l l send a squirt of nitrogen through there and just
dump i t r i g h t away.
But i t works l i k e we thought i t didn't
anymore.
CC
Hey, Paul, are you i n secondary now?
SC
That's affirm.
CC
Okay.
CC
Well, PLT, t h a t ' s a l l kind of interesting.
The EGIL says that i t can happen the way you described.
It will
not - He thinks though i t w i l l not n e c e s s a r i l y happen t h a t way
everytime.
So possibly i t ' s been just coincidence so far.
At any r a t e , we are going to schedule a - a good timer checkout
when we get to i t .
SC
Okay.
Darn i t , l e t ' s say t h a t my d a t a , o r
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what I ' m b a s i n g my remark o n i s t h e f a c t t h a t I t u r n e d t h e
MOL SIEVE - I i n a d v e r t e n t l y t u r n e d i t o f f , t u r n e d i t b a c k o n ,
and heard i t dump the gas but not cycle.
You know you can
hear - that thing gives you a big sigh i n your face when i t
cycles, and I didn't hear i t do t h a t .
So I opened up the
cover and looked, and A was in adsorb, B was in desorb
And
I thought I said, "Well, I wonder i f I'm double stroking that
bed?
So I ' l l hit i t one time and see i f i t cycles."
So I
turned the timer off, back on, and gave i t a shot of air and
dumped i t , and n o t h i n g happened t o t h e BED i n d i c a t o r s .
They
stayed where they were.
So I watched i t , thinking about what
EGIL i s going t o s a y , f o r a minute o r two, and then I turned
a n d b a c k o n , and
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Roger; understand.
Skylab, Houston.
We're about
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CC
Hello again, Skylab.
This i s Houston, and
we've got you for about the next 8 minutes.
SC
Roger.
CC
Skylab, Houston.
We're going to have a
short break, and we'll see you a t Bermuda.
SC
Roger, Richard.
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CC
Hello again, Skylab.
We're a t Bermuda
for the next 6 minutes.
SC
Okay, Houston.
CC
Skylab, Houston.
We're one minute t o LOS.
We're going to see you at the Canary Islands at 11:53.
SC
Roger, Dick.
PAO
This i s Skylab Control; 11 hours 51 minutes
Greenwich mean time.
We've had loss of signal at Bermuda.
There was no air-ground conversation during this pass over
t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , o t h e r t h a n t h e u s u a l a m e n i t i e s a t AOS and
LOS.
We'll pick up Skylab at the Canary Island Station in
about a minute and a half.
We'll continue to stand by for
that pass.
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CC
Skylab, Houston.
W e ' r e AOS a t Canary
for 10 minutes.
SC
Roger, Dick.
And we j u s t passed over
an area that's almost like Meteorology for Naval Aviators textbook
pictures of developing cyclonic depressions.
They got a tropical
depression out here about oh a couple of 100 miles behind us now?
CC
Let me c h e c k w i t h t h e w e a t h e r man, P a u l .
CC
Skylab, Houston.
There i s a very large
low pressure center that you just passed over and i t ' s about
a 43 degrees north.
So i t can hardly be a tropical depression,
but i t i s - i t i s a large low area.
And t h a t ' s probably
what you saw.
SC
Yeah.
I t ' s loud and clear out there.
CC
Skylab, Houston.
We're about 1 minute
from LOS a t C a n a r i e s .
You guys are s t i l l on a long descending
pass down the African Continent.
And we're going t o see you
at Honeysuckle at 12:38.
SC
Roger, Dick.
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i
s i s S k y l a b C o n t r o l a t 1 2 h o u r s 4 m i n u t e s
Greenwich mean time.
Skylab has passed out of range of the
Canary Station now.
At acquisition of the spacecraft a t Canaries,
the Pilot Paul Weitz reported sighting what he thought was a
classic textbook developing cyclonic depression just shortly
b e f o r e AOS.
Checked with the weather man; showed that there
is a large low pressure center in that area 42 degrees north.
:ie d e s c r i b e d i t , however, a s a p l a i n o l d s t o r m , n o t h i n g too
fancy.
We'll next acquire Skylab at the Honeysuckle Creek,
Australia, Station in 33 minutes.
I t ' s about 1 minute after
the crew i s scheduled to begin preparations for the upcoming
extravehicular Activity.
Those preparations scheduled to
begin at 15 hours, 37 minutes Greenwich mean time, or 7:37
I beg your pardon, those are scheduled to begin at 12:40
Greenwich mean time, or 7:40 central daylight time.
Hatch
opening i s scheduled at 15 hours, 37 minutes Greenwich mean
time or 10:37 central daylight time.
At 12 hours 6 minutes
this i s Skylab Control.
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i s i s Skylab Control 12 hours 37 minutes
Greenwich mean time.
We're about 1/2 minute away from acqui
sition at Honeysuckle.
EVA p r e p a r a t i o n i s s c h e d u l e d t o s t a r t
12 hours 40 minutes.
The maroon team has taken over in the
Mission Operations Control Room.
Flight Director is Milton
Windier.
CAP COM A s t r o n a u t Bob C r i p p e n a n d t h e b a c k u p c r e w
Commander A s t r o n a u t R u s s e l l S c h w e i c k a r t i s a t t h e CAP COM c o n
sole also.
We'll stand by for the Honeysuckle pass.
c c
Good morning, Skylab.
We've got you
over Honeysuckle for about 8-1/2 minutes.
s c
Roger, Houston.
I'm ready to go ahead
w i t h ATM C&D p a n e l c o n f i g u r a t i o n p r o c e d u r e , o k a y ?
CC
Stan d by.
s c
An<* a n o t h e r t h i n g ,
I want you to verify
on the checklist on page 1.2-3 in the right hand corner that
w a s X e d o u t b e f o r e - d o y o u w a n t me t o c l o s e t h e OWS p a n e l 2
valve or not?
CC
Getting a reading on that, Paul.
Hold on.
SC
Okay.
CC
Okay, that's an affirmative PJ.
SC
On which one?
On t h e N2 v a l v e ?
CC
Yes s i r , affirmative on the N2.
What
was the other one?
SC
I'm ready to do
" p r e p s " w i t h ATM C&D
panel configuration soon as you guys say i t ' s okay.
CC
Okay.
Y o u ' v e g o t a GO o n t h a t , P a u l .
SC
You're easy to get along with this
morning.
Thank you.
SC
Houston, CDR.
CC
Go ahead.
SC
Oh my God, i s t h i s Rusty?
CC
That's affirmative.
SC
You better give us - what's the e a r l i e s t
time we can s t a r t
Rusty ?
CC
Okay, you've got a sunset a t right around
14:10.
Hold on, I ' l l get the exact time.
S C ,
Okay.
I'm not sure that w e ' l l make that
but there s - we're - try to (garble) things and just kinda
how f a s t i t goes, otherwise w e ' l l cool i t t o the r i g h t time.
CC
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Okay, we understand.
And we're s o r t of
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f o r positive
...
,CC
ID purposes we'd
like just a word of confirmation that you'll be playing the
role of EV1 end that Dr. Kerwln win b e p l a y l n g P t h /,°L'of
SC
Say again Rusty.
I was top side.
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CC
Roger.
Since we don't have any red
stripes around the arm we're just interested in being positive
that the player for EV1 w i l l be the commander and that the
p l a y e r f o r EV2 w i l l be t h e SPT.
Is that correct?
SC
That's Charlie.
CC
Charlie Pete Conrad.
SC
Okay, l e t me t e l l you where we a r e .
I'm
doing the visors right now which i s out of step and we're right
a t " s t r i p off the clothes, put on the biomed LCG's GO."
CC
Okay, we're right with you on our check
list here, thank you.
PAO
This i s Skylab Control.
Pete Conrad
reporting that he i s at this time coating the helmet visors
with anti-fog compound and he and Joe Kerwin are preparing to
put on the biomedical sensors and the liquid cooled garment.
To c l a r i f y conversation between Conrad and Rusty Schweickart,
a few minutes ago there i s a possibility the crew will be
ready and will open the hatch one sunset early.
There is a
possibility that hatch opening time w i l l be moved up to 14
hours 3 minutes Greenwich mean time o r 9:03 c e n t r a l daylight
time.
The regular hatch opening time i s scheduled for 15:30.
CC
Go ahead.
SC
Okay, I just want to double check, verify
Houston on S054.
I can go ahead and turn the main power
switch OFF, the door w i l l stay open, right?
CC
That's affirmative.
SC
Okay.
PAO
Skylab Control.
We're s t i l l holding
w i t h t h e F l i g h t Plan time f o r h a t c h opening of 1 5 : 3 7 Gmt o r
10:37 central daylight time, with the possibility of a hatch
opening a t 1 4 : 0 3 Gmt o r 9 : 0 3 c e n t r a l d a y l i g h t time.
CC
Okay, Skylab we've got about 30 seconds
l e f t here at Honeysuckle; going to pick up Hawaii at 58.
SC
Say again, Rusty.
CC
Right, we've got about 10 seconds here
and we're going to pick you up a t Hawaii a t 58.
SC
See you then.
PAO
This i s Skylab Control at 12 hours 48
minutes Greenwich mean time.
We've had loss of signal at
Honeysuckle on the 344th revolution.
Hawaii will acquire in
about 10-1/2 minutes.
Crew i s i n t h e i r EVA p r e p a r a t i o n s a t
this time.
Pete Conrad reporting he was coating the visors
with the anti-fog compound.
He and Joe Kerwin ready to don
the biomedical sensors and the liquid cooled garments.
Regu
l a r hatch open time f o r t h i s EVA, 15 hours 37 minutes Gmt.
That will be at sunset with the possibility that if the crew
s t a y s ahead o f t h e time l i n e on t h e EVA p r e p a r a t i o n s and i s
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ready t o go 1 revolution e a r l y o r 1 sunset early we would pe
mit them to open the hatch at 14 hours 3 minutes Greenwich
mean time.
Four h o u r s s c h e d u l e d f o r t h i s EVA.
At 12 hours
49 minutes this i s Skylab Control.
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PA0
T h l s i s Skylab Control; 12 hours 57 minutes
Greenwich mean time.
We're less than a minute away from
acquisition a t Hawaii; w e ' l l stand by for that pass.
CC
Okay, Skylab.
We g o t y o u a g a i n a t H a w a i i
for about 10 minutes.
SC
Okay.
CC
Okay, Paul.
You might want t o expect the
PRIMARY COOLANT FLOW CAUTION AND WARNING h e r e .
EGIL's going
to be powering down the primary system.
I beg your pardon,
t h e y 1 1 b e p o w e r i n g i t u p , w h i c h w i l l g i v e y o u a C&W t h e r e
on PRIMARY COOLANT FLOW.
SC
Okay.
C
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n d a l s o , PJ, f o r you up i n your area,
,
we r e going t o be doing some commanding here.
Specifically
we r e g o i n g t o e n a b l e AUTO RESET, and w e ' d l i k e you t o s t a y '
c l e a r o f the DAS.
I don't think you have any operations there,
but we d l e t you know t h a t .
SC
Okay.
CC
PLT, give a c a l l when you got a second.
SC
Calling Rusty.
Y
eah» okay" enc/
We g o t a n i n d i c a t i o n h e r e , P J ,
J
the S054 main power and thermal power are s t i l l on
Is
that the case up there?
We're looking at page 1.2-3, where
i t calls for them both to be off.
Yeah, and I finished that (garble).
L e t me g.
All right?
c c
Okay.
Appreciate i t .
SC
No, both the switches are i n the OFF position
CC
Okay, stand by just 1.
CC
okay, we may have a p u l s e r problem t h e r e o r
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Task complete.
CC
okay>
Paul,
Stand by on that.
It looks
l i k e we may have a problem with the switch; w e ' l l get back
with you.
S C
double check.
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Right.
I'm going in the workshop.
Okay, PLT.
We're going to go ahead and
command i t from the ground here and see whether that gives
us positive indication at a l l .
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Go ahead.
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END OF TAPE
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Skylab was the first space station operated by NASA; it was launched without a crew on May 14, 1973. Skylab had three manned missions: Skylab 2, launched May 25, 1973, lasting 28 days, Skylab 3, launched July 28, 1973, lasting 60 days, and Skylab 4, launched November 16, 1973, lasting 84 days. Crews on Skylab conducted a variety of experiments during their missions, including experiments in human physiology, circadian rhythms, solar physics and astronomy, and material sciences. Important earth resources studies were conducting including studies on geology, hurricanes, and land and vegetation patterns.
Two of the more important components for conducting research on Skylab were the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) and the Earth Resources Experiment Package (EREP). The ATM was a multi-spectral solar observatory, and NASA’s first full-scale manned astronomical observatory in space. The ATM yielded a significant number of images and provided useful data for understanding our sun. The EREP provided thousands of images of the Earth’s surface in visible, infrared, and microwave spectral regions.
Skylab remained in orbit, unoccupied after the Skylab 4 mission, until July 11, 1973, when the space station reentered Earth’s atmosphere.
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SL-III MC-1/1
Time: 05:01 CDT 09:10:01 GMT
7/28/73
LCC
This is Skylab launch control. T minus
1 hour 7 minutes and counting toward lift off in the second
manned mission in Skylab. At this time checks are underway on
the radar beacon aboard the space vehicle. There are two
of these beacons actually located in the instrument unit of
the Saturn IB. They're used in conjunction with ground
radars to track the velocity position and the acceleration
vehicle during the power phase of flight.
Up at the
320 foot level at the pad launch complex 39, the close out
crew are making their final preparations. They are taking
down some connector panels which connect the white room to
the space craft and sealing off the boost protective cover
hatch, which has now been pulled closed. We're continuing to
aim for a lift off time of 7:10:50, that is 10 minutes
50 seconds after 7:00 a.m. eastern daylight time this
rooming.
Now T minus 1 hour 6 minutes and countinq, this
is Kennedy Launch Control.
END OF TAPE
SL-III MC—2/1
Time: 05:10 CDT 09:10:11 GMT
7/28/73
LCC
This is Skylab Launch Control. T minus
56 minutes 58 seconds and counting.
Just completed
was a very critical power transfer test. During this test
the power is transferred from the ground source, which has
been being used up to this point to conserve on the flight
batteries. Transfer to those flight batteries to ensure that
all systems are operating during and after that transfer.
Transfer was made, the various elements of the launch team
reported in that systems continued operating correctly. We
switch back then to the ground source and we'll stay on that
ground source down to a T minus 50 second mark in the
countdown at which time we'll switch finally to the flight
batteries and stay on the flight batteries from that point on.
Coming up in the countdown are checks of the digital rain
safety receivers aboard the space vehicle. These receivers
are part of what's called the secure arrange safety systems
aboard the Skylab. A range safety officer could send a destruct
signal to the rockets if it became erratic or straight off
course. He would do this by initiating the emergency cut off,
and if necessary, the propellant dispersion command. The
systems are located on each stage of the Saturn IB. The
two receivers in each stage and they receive the signal from
the range safety officer, and then send them through the
proper channels to perform the propellant dispersion. These
actions of course will be taken only if the vehicle were so
erratic that it endangered land areas, and also only after
the crew has been advised and has used one of the escape
options that is open to them. Countdown proceeding smoothly
now in the final hour. T minus 55 minutes 23 seconds and
counting, this is Kennedy Launch Control.
END OF TAPE
�SL III MC3/1
Times 05:23 CDT 09:10:23 GMT
7/28/73
LCC
This is Skylab Launch Control, T-minus 45
minutes and counting. Chief Staff Supervisor, Bill Schick
advises that the swing arm, swing arm number 9, with the
environmental chamber will be coming back, it's coming back
now to the 12 degree or park position. Schick advises also
this and other aspects of the count continue to go well.
All on time or actually running somewhat ahead of schedule.
The environmental chamber at the end of swing arm 9, will
remain at the park position here. This is about 10 to 12
feet from the spacecraft. It could be quickly moved back
to the spacecraft in an emergency. Swing arm number 9 is
somewhat of a misnomer, the facilities here at complex 39
were designed for the larger Saturn V vehicle, 365-foot
tall. Specially designed 127-foot pedestal adapts the
smaller Saturn IB so that it does use the same upper swing
arm. Actually this is the fifth of the five swing arms used
for the Saturn IB, but it does continue to carry that
swing arm 9 designator, which it gained back in the Saturn V
program. Once the swingarm is moved back, launch escape
system is armed. That's the small rocket tower that can
be seen perched on top of the command module. That system
could be used by the astronauts in an emergency to pull the
command module free of the space vehicle. It would lift
it up in an arcing path, high enough so that the parachutes
could deploy and it could come down for a normal landing.
That launch escape system, interestingly enough, develops
a 147,000 pounds of thrust, that's about twice that
developed by the Mercury Redstone rocket, which launched
our first two astronauts into suborbital space. However
that's a rather short duration burn of 3.2 minutes for the
launch escape system. The escape system itself is 33 feet
long, weighs about 8,000 pounds. Now, T minus 42 minutes
57 seconds and counting. This is Kennedy Launch Control.
END OF TAPE
SL-III MC-4/1
Time: 05:00 CDT 9:10:00 GMT
7/28/73
LCC
This is Skylab Launch Control. T minus
34 minutes 59 seconds and counting. The closeout crew, which
left the pad area just a short time ago, has now cleared that
area. And the test supervisor. Chuck Henchel has announced
that the KSC area is now cleared for launch. Range safety
command receiver checks now have been completed and also the
replenishing of the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen is
continuing. Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, the cryogenic
fuels for the Saturn IB, were loaded earlier this morning.
Actually completed loading at about the T minus 4 hour mark
in the countdown. These are continuing to be replenished
down through the countdown until we get into the terminal
sequencer; the replenishing is then stopped.
£t is necessary
to replenish these because there is some bci
ff that takes
place. T minus 34 minutes 11 seconds and co ~.r.g, this is
Kennedy Launch Control.
END OF TAPE
�SL-III MC 5/1
Time: 05:45 CDT, 09:10:45 GET
7/28/73
LCC
This is Skylab Launch Control, we are
T minus 23 minutes 48 seconds and counting toward the lift off
of the second manned mission in the Skylab program. Count
continuing to go smoothly here at Launch Complex 39. Preflight
command checks with the Mission Control Center in Houston
have just been completed. These are the checks of the systems
which are used to remotely command various functions in the
vehicle. Checkout of radar beacon number 1 has been
completed. Checkout of radar beacon number 2 underway as
all continues to go well. Science pilot Owen Garriott at
this time is completing some checks of the service module
reaction control system. He's armed that system which in
a sense means that he has opened valves allowing the hypergolic
fuels to flow down to the engine area. Hypergolic fuels are
ones that ignite on contact. In this case, for the service
module reaction control system, these fuels are monomethyl
hydrazine and nitrogen tetrocide. The system has been
pressurized, Garriott is now reading off the different
temperatures and pressures and the fuel quantities. Hypergolic
fuels are actually loaded aboard the service module well
before the countdown began. Service module reaction control
system provides stabalization and control of the spacecraft
during Earth orbit and docking. It can also be used for minor
course changes or the backup system for deorbiting the
spacecraft. We're continuing to look for 7:10 lift-off.
Actually to be more accurate 07:10:50, 50 seconds after
07:10. We have a window which extends to 07:19:27, that's
a.m. eastern daylight time. Weather continues to look good.
The sun is about to come here at Kennedy Space Center, it's
coming up through some cloud cover, we expect some of that
to blow off and at lift-off time, approximately 22 minutes
from now, we'll be looking for some scattered clouds, surface
winds at 6 knots, temperature is approximately 76 degrees
farenheit, and a visibility of about 8 miles. There is a
possibility of some ground fog but 8 miles visibility should
be good in most areas. T minus 21 minutes 44 seconds and
counting, this is Kennedy Launch Control.
END OF TAPE
�SL-III MC 6/1
Times 05:53 CDT 09:10:53 GMT
7/28/73
MCC
This is Skylab Launch Control. T minus
15 minutes and we're in a planned brief hold at this time.
This is actually a clock adjustment hold. It's to insured
that we are lifting off at the proper time to get us in the
best trajectory toward the orbiting laboratory. We'll resume
our countdown at 6:55:50 seconds. That's 6:55 am and 50
seconds. Chief Test Supervisor Bill Schick just reported to us
before going into the hold that all systems are in good shapem the
countdown has been running very smoothly. As we lift off at
7:50 this morning the orbiting Skylab will be some 300 nautical
miles South of Newfoundland. Predicted lift-off time 7:10:50
at this time. The orbiting lab of course was launched back on
May 14. Flight controllers out at Houston report that all
systems aboard there are in good shape and ready for the
second crew to move in and set up housekeeping. That crew
aboard the command service module this morning eager to get
there. When the count resumes at the T minus 15 minutes mark the
?Launch operations manager Paul Donnelley here in the firing room
he has the abort advisory responsibility up to the point when
the space vehicle clears the tower. He'll make some communi
cation checks with the astronauts on the special astro launch
circuit. This is a circuit on which the spacecraft test
conductor, the astronaut communicator Bob Crippen here in the
firing room and Donnelly use with the astronauts during the final
4 minutes of launch. This is essentially to isolate them from
any other discussions which might be going on in the operational
intercom system here in the firing room which link together
the various members of the launch team. Also as the count resumes
spacecraft will be going to full internal power. Up to this
point it has been powered by the fuel cells aboard the space
craft but also it has had a ground source fed to it as a backup.
We're about to resume the count.
MARK. T minus 15 minutes and counting now. Preparations under
way at this time now to chill the systems in the second stage which
will be receiving the very cold liquid hydrogen after first
stage burnout and as the second stage ignites. T minus 14 minutes
45 seconds and counting. This is Kenneday Launch Control.
END OF TAPE
�SL-III MC-7/1
Time: 06:01 CDT 01:11:01 GMT
7/28/73
LCC
This is Skylab Launch Control. T minus
8 minutes 59 seconds and counting. Bean, Garriott and Lousma
are now finishing up their checks inside the spacecraft.
Final launch vehicle checks also being made now before going
on the automatic sequencer. There is not an ignition switch
or button for the Saturn launches either the Saturn 5 or the
Saturn IB. An automatic sequencer takes over the count at
T minus 3 minutes and 7 seconds. And that sequencer then
initiates all action from that time, including the ignition.
There are some 91 cameras out at the pad that will cover the
action at ignition detailing the sequence of events for engineers
to study after the launch. A number of visitors here at
Kennedy Space Center have jammed the entire space center.
35000 guests have taken all available space on the space
center and this does not include thousands of people who are
lining the highways nearby. T minus 8 minutes 8 seconds and
counting. This is Kennedy Launch Control.
END OF TAPE
SL-III MC-8/1
Time: 06:04 CDT 01:11:04 GMT
7/28/73
LCC
This is Skylab Launch Control passing
the 6 minute mark in the countdown. T minus 5 minutes 57 sec
onds and counting. At this time various elements of the
Skylab team reporting in to the test supervisor with their
go or no go status. This team includes the mission controllers
in Houston. The Program Director who is watching from
here at Kennedy Space Center for this launch. The Air Force
Eastern test range who will perform tracking during the powered
phase of the flight, and of course the launch team here in
the firing room, all reporting in at this time. Houston
flight just reported in that they are go for the start of
the automatic sequencer. The Program Director William Schneider
also reports we're go for launch. Swing arm number 9, that's
the access arm that reaches across the launch tower to the
spacecraft, will be swinging back to the full retract position
just a few moments from now. Up to this point it's been in
a park position for about the last 40 minutes in a stand by
park position about 10 to 15 feet from the spacecraft. T minus
5 minutes. And sswing arm number 9 coming back now. It will swing
back 180 degrees, and a fully park position beside the launch
tower and it will remain there now through launch. Safety and
test support now reporting to the test supervisor Chuck Henschel
that we are go for launch. The range also says we are go for
launch. Launch Operations Manager, Paul Donnelly has given his go
and Walter Kapryan, Director of Launch Operations gives us a go
for launch. T minus 4 minutes 32 seconds and counting, this
is Kennedy Launch Control.
END OF TAPE
�SL-III MC 9/1
Time: 06:06 CDT 01:11:06 GMT
7/28/73
LCC
This is Skylab Launch Control. T minus
3 yes, 3 minutes 30 seconds and continuing to count. Launch
Vehicle Test Conductor Norm Carlson has reported to the
Test Supervisor that the launch vehicle is cleared for launch.
Essentially what he is saying is the launch vehicle is ready
to go on the automatic sequencer. The automatic sequencer
comes into play at T minus 3 minutes 7 seconds in the count
down.
Launch sequence has started now we passed the three
minutes 7 seconds mark and we're on the automatic sequencer.
Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen have been being replenished
up to this point. That replenish now will be terminated, the
vents will be closed and the fuel tanks will be pressurized.
This replenish has been necessary since these are cryogenic
or extremely cold fuels which do boil off. They were fueled.
Fueling was completely about 5 hours before launch and it's
necessary to continue to replenish them on down through the
final portion of the countdown. Various elements of the
launch team now reporting in. All coming in on a go condition.
T minus 2 minutes 20 seconds and continuing to count. Here
in the firing room we are having what's called operational
silence. The men have reported in that they're go. There
will be no further reporting in now except when they see a
problem. If they saw a problem they could report in. Could
request an override to this automatic sequencer and stop
the count. Bob Crippen the Astronaut Communicator here in the
firing room is reporting the countdown clock times to the
crew. Chuck Henschel the test supervisor reporting - END OF TAPE
�SL-III MC-10/1
Time: 06:08 CST 09:11:08 GMT
7/28/73
LCC
- - supervisor reporting the countdown
clock times here to the firing room team. Paul Downey, the
Launch Operations Manager just called up to the crew, said
the launch team wishes you good luck, and Godspeed. T
minus 1 minute 36 seconds and counting. A large status
board here in the firing room shows the status of the various
systems and also shows the action being taken by the automatic
sequencer. The instrument unit ready light now is on. The
emergency dectection system ready light is on. Launch sequence
start light of course came on at the T minus 3 minute 7 second
mark in the countdown. Pressurization of the tanks now showing
up now on our status board. ^S.IVB LOX tank now pressurized.
SIB fuel tank pressurized as we approach the 1 minute mark
in the countdown. MARK. T minus 1 minute, T minus 1 minute
and counting. In the spacecraft, Garriot and Lousma have
essentially completed their check out, and their - astronauts
Bean, Garriot and Lousma, they are ready to become the second
manned crew to man the orbiting Skylaboratory. T minus
42 seconds. Spacecraft commander now has made the final
guidance alignment. That's the final action to be taken
by the crew onboard the spacecraft until after the launch.
T minus 30 seconds. T minus 30 seconds and counting. The ^ight
first stage engines will ignite at 3.1 seconds in our count
down. They will be held down while thrust is built up until
the zero mark at which time we'll get liftoff. We'll be
looking for liftoff right at the T zero mark. We passed
the 15 second mark in the count. T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6,
5, 4, 3, 2. We have ignition sequence start. All ignitions all ignitions are running, all engines running. We have a
liftoff. And the second manned crew has cleared the tower.
CDR
Roll and pitch program, Houston.
CC
Roger, roll and pitch, Skylab. And thrust
looks good on all engines.
PAO
A1 Bean reports. Al Bean reports the
automatic maneuver that puts Skylab on the proper course.
Altitude 0.7 of a mile. Velocity 1432 feet per second.
36 seconds.
CDR
It's got a pretty noise to it right now.
CC
Roger that. You're looking real good.
PAO
Fifty seconds. 2-1/2 miles high.
1700 feet per second.
CDR
Comm down.
CC
Roger. Stand by for Mode 1 Bravo.
CDR
Roll arc (garble).
CC
Mode 1 Bravo.
CC
Roger.
CDR
Propellant DUMP is RCS command.
�SL-III MC-10/2
Time: 06:08 CDT 09:11:08 GMT
7/28/73
CC
Roger.
PLT
I get a great feeling of motion up here,
Dick. I really feel like it's moving out.
CC
Roger, PLT. And Skylab, Houston, you're
feet wet.
CDR
Understand.
PAO
One minute 30 seconds, 10 miles high now,
5 miles down range. Velocity 3280 feet per second. Thrust
still looking good. Trajectory looking good.
CDR
EDB engine out and LV rates off.
CC
Stand by for Mode 1 Charlie capability.
MARK. 1 Charlie.
Understand.
CDR
Skylab, Houston. Go for staging.
CC
Roger. GO here.
CDR
Twenty-two miles high, 19 miles down range.
PAO
Velocity 5800 feet per second. Standing by for staging.
CDR
Inboards. Outboards. Staging.
Roger.
CC
Good staging. Ignition on the SIVB stage.
PAO
Roger. We're watching the thrust come up now.
CC
Skylab, Houston. Thrust looks good on SIVB.
CDR
That's good news.
Two minutes 45 seconds. Altitude 41-1/2
PAO
miles. Velocity 7695 feet per second. Down range 60 miles
now.
Roger. Tower jettison, you're mode 2.—
CC
CDR
Guidance initiate.
Roger. Everything is looking real good.
CC
you're GO in 3 minutes.
CDR
It's nice and bright up here in the Sun.
CC
Roger.
PAO
Three minutes 15 seconds. Altitude 55 miles,
down range 90 miles, velocity 8889 feet per second. Thrust
still good on the second stage.
PLT
Okay, Dick, the cabin pressure is locked up
real good here. You should have seen that tower go.
CC
Roger. Understand.
CDR
And we're GO at 4 minutes —
CC
Roger, Skylab. We concur, you're GO
in 4.
PAO
Everything is still looking good. Skylab
now 142 miles down range. Altitude 70 miles, velocity
9135 feet per second.
PLT
Hey, we'd like to try that lift-off again.
That was great there Dick.
�SL-III MC-10/3
Time: 06:08 CDT 09:11:08 GMT
7/28/73
CC
My turn next.
PAO
That's a report there from Jack Lousma.
Four minutes 40 seconds down range now, 197 nautical miles
altitude 80 miles, velocity 10027 feet per second. Skylab
has achieved 34 percent of the velocity needed for orbit.
CC
There you GO at j^A looking real great.
PAO
Five minutes 35 seconds. Down range
283 nautical miles now, 88 miles high, 11687 feet per second.
PLT
Go at 6.
-^CC
Roger, CDR. Go at 6.
PAO
Skylab has 47 percent of the velocity needed
for orbit now. 12796 feet per second. Down range 354 nautical
miles. Altitude 91-1/2.
PLT
We're right on time.
CC
Roger. Omni Charlie. Thank you, sir.
PLT
I want to keep old Ed down there happy.
CC
He's happy.
CDR
Okay, we just put on the gimbal motors,
Houston.
CC
Roger, CDR.
CC
Skylab, Houston. We see 4 good gimbal
motors, good trims. You're go at 7 minutes, looking real good.
CDR
Roger.
PAO
Seven minutes 10 seconds now. Down range
473 nautical miles, velocity 15380 feet per second, altitude
92 nautical miles. Seven minutes 40 seconds. Skylab now
has 65 percent of the velocity needed for orbit.
CDR
PU shift, Houston. We're go at 8.
CC
Roger, PU shift. And we concur, you're go
at 8 minutes.
PAO
Propellant utilization shift. The mixture
ratio for the propellant has changed now to provide a better
propellant feed at altitude. Eight minutes 16 seconds.
Skylab now 648 nautical miles down range. Altitude 89 nautical
miles. Velocity 19172 feet per second. 75 percent of the
velocity needed for orbit now achieved.
CDR
We're go at 9, Houston.
CC
Roger, CDR, go at 9 minutes.
\PAO
Flight Director Phil Shaffer taking a
status for the Eurasian gate.
CDR
- - in the CMF.
CC
Roger.
PAO
He advises the range safety officer that
Skylab is go at the gate. Passing that gate will permit Skylab
to fly over portions of the land masses of Europe and Asia.
CC
CDR, Houston. We're predicting a guidance
�SL-III MC-10/4 *"
Time: 06:08 CDT 09:11:08 GMT
7/28/73
CC
cutoff at 9 plus 53.
CDR
Roger, 9 plus 53.
CC
Stand by for mode 3 Alfa capability.
MARK. Mode 3 Alfa.
CDR
Roger, 3 Alfa.
CC
Stand by for mode 4 capability. MARK,
mode 4.
CDR
Roger, mode 4.
PAO
Skylab could now get into orbit if it
had to abort, using the service propulsion system. At 9 min
utes 50 seconds.
V- CDR
125, 709. 122.2 by 83.2, we look good.
CC
Sounds real great.
PLT
You sure know it when it quits.
CC
Roger.
PAO
That was an onboard readout of the orbit,
122.2 nautical miles by 82.2 anutical miles. We'll confirm
the orbit with tracking in a little bit.
\
CC
Skylab, Houston. We've confirmed your orbit
•^and you're GO for orbit. Looks good.
CDR
Okay, tell the guys at KSC thanks. It
was a nice, nice job.
CC
Roger, Al.
PAO
And .the heaviest command and service module
ever to be launched is now in orbit, 13410 pounds^
CC
Hold separation sequence. We're aboift 45 sec
onds from LOS in Bermuda. We're going to drop out for about a
minute and a half, and I'll give you a call at ARIA.
CDR
Okay.
END OF TAPE
SL-III
MC 11/1
Time: 06:22 CST, 09:11:22 GET
7/28/73
PAO
The first Skylab command and service
module held a weight record before this, that weight was
13,383 pounds. We're standing by for communications through
a tracking aircraft.
CC
Skylab, Houston, through ARIA. How
do you read?
CDR
Read you pretty good, Dick. Everything's
going along all right.
CC
Roger. I hear a little bit of static
on the line but I heard fairly reasonably. We're standing by.
CDR
Okay.
CDR
And we're standing by for (garble), Houston.
CC
Roger.
SPEAKER Out stretchers are too long. As we move by
rapidly, it looks almost like we're above some strated layer at
5000 feet or something like that. They are really moving
out.
CC
Roger.
PAO
This is Skylab control at 16 minutes
ground elapsed time. Communication is very bad through the
aircraft. Skylab will be acquired by the Madrid tracking
station in about 3-1/2 minutes.
END OF TAPE
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Skylab was the first space station operated by NASA; it was launched without a crew on May 14, 1973. Skylab had three manned missions: Skylab 2, launched May 25, 1973, lasting 28 days, Skylab 3, launched July 28, 1973, lasting 60 days, and Skylab 4, launched November 16, 1973, lasting 84 days. Crews on Skylab conducted a variety of experiments during their missions, including experiments in human physiology, circadian rhythms, solar physics and astronomy, and material sciences. Important earth resources studies were conducting including studies on geology, hurricanes, and land and vegetation patterns.
Two of the more important components for conducting research on Skylab were the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) and the Earth Resources Experiment Package (EREP). The ATM was a multi-spectral solar observatory, and NASA’s first full-scale manned astronomical observatory in space. The ATM yielded a significant number of images and provided useful data for understanding our sun. The EREP provided thousands of images of the Earth’s surface in visible, infrared, and microwave spectral regions.
Skylab remained in orbit, unoccupied after the Skylab 4 mission, until July 11, 1973, when the space station reentered Earth’s atmosphere.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab#Manned_missions
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/shuttle/f_skylab1.html
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-402/ch4.htm
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1970-1979
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Merritt Island (Fla.)
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Skylab Program
Skylab 3
Lousma, Jack R.
Bean, Alan L.
Garriott, Owen K.
Saturn launch vehicles
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Public Affairs Office
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812
Phone:
May 1, 1973
205, 453-0034, 453-0035
THE SKYLAB STUDENT PROJECT
In 1971, the NASA, in an effort to involve the general public in
the Skylab program, conceived the Skylab Student Project.
The primary
aim of the project is to stimulate national interest in science and
technology in general and in particular the nation's space programs.
To insure that this country have available an adequate scientific
a n d t e c h n i c a l m a n p o w e r p o o l f o r t h e f u t u r e , t h e lo g i c a l s o u r c e s e e m e d
to be our young people.
Therefore, it was NASA's decision to direct
the Skylab Student Project to those young people who have indicated
an interest in science and technology and to foster that interest through
direct participation in an ongoing program emphasizing as wide a spectrum
of science and technology as possible^ Skylab, with its many diverse
experiments, provided the ideal opportunity for such participation.
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) provided an
existing, closely associated contact with all students, grades 9 through
12, in United States sponsored schools.
For this reason, the NSTA
was asked to sponsor, organize, and administer a national competition
for high school students.
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The competition called for individual students (or groups of
students) to develop meaningful experiments to be flown on Skylab.
To facilitate the organizing and administering of the program, the
NSTA chose to divide the participating students into 12 geographical
regions with a regional chairman appointed to receive all proposals
for his region.
The regional chairmen then appointed a committee of
eminent scientists, engineers, and science educators to evaluate each
proposal.
Some 80, 000 applications for proposals were requested by
teachers, 3, 409 proposals were submitted and approximately 300
regional winners selected.
Each participant received a Certificate
of Merit.
The 300 winning regional proposals were transmitted to the NSTA
where they were further screened.
In March 1972,
n 3 fuUtUchl 25 national winners were announced and assigned science advisers
at the Marshall Space Flight Center, the Center selected by NASA
to be responsible for the Student Project.
Working closely with their advisors, the students prepared an
evaluation of their experiments in terms of compatibility with the Skylab
program and its necessary constraints.
These evaluations were
presented at a preliminary design review at the Marshall Center.
The
review board, made up of NASA officials from the Marshall Center,
Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, and NASA Headquarters,
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hardware.
It was determined that 11 of the proposed student experiments
would require additional hardware development, while eight of the
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experiments of Skylab principal investigators.
The results of this effort
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July 1972.
At this time, each student discussed efforts made in
furthering the development of his or her experiment.
Programmatic
aspects, hardware details, mission requirements and other elements
were considered and a final go-ahead with the project was given.
For those experiments that required hardware development,
an acceptance review was held at the Marshall Center in January 1973.
Test results were received and the hardware was declared flightworthy.
The hardware was then delivered to the Kennedy Space
Center for installation i n the Skylab.
The 25 student experimenters range in age from 14-18 years.
Their mean age is 15.8 years (female 15.4, male 15.9).
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students are females.
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Student Experiments to be Flown on Skylab
1.
DANIEL C. BOCHSLER, age 16, Route 2, Box 75, Silverton,
Oregon, 97381.
"Possible Confirmation of Objects within Mercury's
Orbit." Silverton Union High School, Mr. John P. Daily, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment: ED-22, This experiment will attempt to identify a
planetary body which may orbit the Sun at a distance approximately 0. 1
the distance from Earth to the Sun (Mercury's orbit is 0. 3 to 0. 4 the
distance to Earth's orbit).
The experiment is to be performed by
examining about 30, 000 Skylab solar telescope photographs.
2.
VINCENT W. CONVERSE, age 19, 1704 Roosevelt Road,
Rockford, Illinois, 61111. "Zero Gravity Mass Measurement." Harlem
High School, Miss Mary J. Trumbauer, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment: ED-74, This experiment complements the existing
Skylab specimen mass and body mass measurement devices.
The
equipment consists of a simple leaf spring anchored at one end
with a mass at the other end which is to be measured.
The experiment
operates on the same principle as the baseline Skylab mass measurement
devices and can therefore be used as an excellent demonstration of these.
3.
98031.
TROY A. CRITES, age 16, 736 Wynwood Drive, Kent, Washington,
"Space Observation and Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions."
Kent Junior High, Mr. Richard C. Putnam, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment: ED-12, The aim of this experiment is to analyze
infrared surveys of known volcanoes obtained by baseline Skylab Earth
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resources experiment equipment.
The data will be compared to
ground-based data to determine whether remote sensing can detect
increased thermal radiation which may precede an imminent eruption.
4.
W. BRIAN DUNLAP, age 16, 6695 Abbot Avenue, Youngstown,
Ohio, 44515.
"Liquid Motion in Zero Gravity." Austintown Fitch
High School, Mr. Paul J. Pallante, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment: ED-78, The aim of this experiment is to observe
the motion of a gas bubble surrounded by a fluid when excited by a
simple mechanical system of calibrated driving force of simple
frequency.
5.
96701.
JOHN C. HAMILTON, age 17, 12 Honu Street, Aiea, Hawaii,
"Spectrography of Selected Quasars."
Aiea High School,
Mr. James A. Fuchigami, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment: ED-23, In this experiment, selected photographs
obtained by the ultraviolet stellar astronomy equipment will be analyzed.
Photographs of target areas in which quasars have been identified will
be studied to obtain spectral data in the ultraviolet regions to augment
existing data in the radio and visible ranges.
6.
ALISON HOPFIELD, age 15, 183 Hartley Avenue, Princeton,
New Jersey, 08540.
"Photography of Libration Clouds. "
Princeton
Day School, Mr. Norman Sperling, director, Duncan Planetarium.
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Experiment: ED-21, This experiment will use the Skylab
solar telescope cameras to obtain information on two regions in the
Moon's orbit.
At two points in the orbit of the Moon, ahead of and
following the Moon in its path, a condition of gravitational equilibrium
is conducive to the collection of space particles.
When each of these
regions comes within sight of the Skylab solar telescopes the brightness
polarization of the reflected light will be measured.
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KATHY L. JACKSON, age 17, 18718 Capetown Drive, Houston,
Texas, 77058.
"A Measure of Motor Sensory Performance During
Prolonged Inflight Zero "G"." Clear Creek High School, Mrs. Mary K.
Kimzey, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment:
ED-41, This experiment uses a standard eye-hand
coordination test apparatus to measure changes in motor sensory skill
of crew members.
8.
ROGER G. JOHNSTON, age 19, 1833 Draper Drive, St. Paul,
Minnesota, 55113.
"Capillary Action Studies in a State of Free Fall."
Alexander Ramsey High School, Mr. Theodore E. Molitor, teacher/
sponsor.
Experiment: ED-72, The aim of this experiment is to determine
if the zero gravity environment induces changes in the characteristics
of capillary and wicking action from the familiar Earth-Gravity
characteristics.
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9.
JEANNE L. LEVENTHAL, age 17, 1511 Arch Street,
Berkeley, California, 94708.
"X-Ray Emission from the Planet
Jupiter." Berkeley High School, Mr. Harry E. Choulett, teacher/
sponsor.
Experiment: ED-25, The aim of this experiment is to detect
X-rays emitting from Jupiter.
The X-ray emission detected by
Skylab will be compared with solar activity and Jupiter's radio emission
to derive more information on the mechanisms of that great planet.
10.
TODD A. MEISTER, age 17, 33-04 93 Street, Jackson Heights,
New York, 11372.
"In Vitro Immunology."
Bronx High School of
Science, Mr. Vincent G. Galasso, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment: ED-32, This experiment is directed toward determining
the effects of zero gravity on antigenic changes in surface membranes.
11.
JUDITHS. MILES, a^e 17, 3 Dewey Road, Lexington,
Massachusetts, 02173.
"Web Formation in Zero Gravity."
Lexington
High School, Mr. J. Michael Conley, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment:^ED- 52^)This experiment will observe the web building
process and the detailed structure of the web of the common cross spider
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(arenus diadematus) in a normal environment and in a Skylab environment.
Analysis of experiment results will be similar to analysis of similar
experiments, without the Skylab environment, performed by the
Research Division of the North Carolina Department of Mental Health,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
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CHERYL A. PELTZ, age 16, 7117 S. Windermere,
Littleton, Colorado, 80120.
Gravity. "
"Cytoplasmic Streaming in Zero
Arapahoe High School, Mr. Gordon B. Scheels, teacher/
sponsor.
Experiment: ED-63, The aim of this experiment is to perform
microscopic observation of leaf cells of elodea plants in zero gravity
to determine if there is any difference between the intracellular
cytoplasm compared with cytoplasmic motion of similar leaf cells on
Earth.
13.
Texas,
TERRY C. QUIST, age 18, 3818 Longridge Drive, San Antonio,
78228.
"Earth Orbital Neutron Analysis."
Thomas Jefferson
High School, Mr. Michael Stewart, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment:
ED-76, In this experiment, detectors inside Skylab
record impacts of high energy neutrons.
The detectors mounted on
the inboard facee of water tanks, will be able to discriminate between
neutrons in four energy spectra.
The neutrons, which have been
moderated by their passage through the water in the tanks, impact the
detectors and produce fission particles which in turn interact with a
plastic material.
Chemical treatment of the interaction reveals readily
identifiable tracks.
14.
JOE W. REIHS, age 18, 12824 Wallis Street, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 70815.
"X-Ray Content in Association with Stellar Spectral
Classes." Tara High School, Mrs. Helen W. Boyd, teacher/sponsor.
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Experiment: ED-24, The primary aim of this experiment is
to make observations of celestial regions in X-ray wavelengths in
an attempt to relate X-ray emissions to other spectral characteristics
of stars observed.
In addition, observations of the Sun in X-ray and
other spectral regions will be studied to reevaluate the Sun and its
relation to other stellar classes.
15.
DONALD W. SCHLACK, age 17, 9217 Appleby Street,
Downey, California, 90240.
"Phototropic Orientation of an Embryo
Plant in Zero Gravity." Downey High School. Miss Jean C. Beaton,
teacher/sponsor.
16.
JOEL G. WORDEKEMPER, age 14, 810 East Sherman Street,
West Point, Nebraska, 68788.
"Plant Growth in Zero Gravity."
Central Catholic High School, Mrs. Lois M. Schaaf, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment: ED-61/62, These two experiments have been
combined into a single joint experiment whose objectives are:
1.
To determine the difference in root and stem growth and
orientation of radish seeds in specimens grown in zero gravity and on
Earth under similar environmental conditions.
2.
To determine whether
light can be used as a substitute for gravity in causing the roots and
stems of radish seeds to grow in the appropriate direction in zero gravity,
and to determine the minimum light level required.
17.
NEAL W. SHANNON, age 18, 2849 Foster Ridge Road, Atlanta,
Georgia, 30345.
'A Search for Pulsars in Ultraviolet Wavelengths."
Fernbank Science Center, Dr. Paul H. Knappenberger, teacher/sponsor.
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Experiment:
ED-26, Objective of this experiment is to make
ultraviolet observations of selected celestial regions in an attempt
to relate ultraviolet emissions with known radio-emitting pulsars and
with the pulsar in the Crab Nebula which is known to emit invisible
light and radio spectra.
18.
ROBERT L. STAEHLE, age 18, Huntington Hills-North,
Rochester, New York, 14622.
"Behavior of Bacteria and Bacterial
Spores in the Skylab Space Environment. " Harley School.
Mr. Alan H. Soanes, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment:
Ed-31, In this experiment colonies of various species
of bacteria will be studied in the Skylab zero gravity environment to
determine if this environment induces variations in survival, growth
and mutations of the spores which are different from those observed
in identical colonies on Earth.
19.
JOE B. ZMOLEK, age 19, 1914 Hazel Street, Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, 54901.
"Earth's Absorption of Radiant Heat. "
Lourdes
High School, Mr. William L. Behring, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment: ED-11, Objective of this experiment is to derive
information on the attenuation of heat energy in Earth's atmosphere.
Measurements are to be made simultaneously at the Earth's surface and
at Skylab altitude to determine differences in radiant heat levels.
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Student Experiments Requiring Other Affiliation
1.
KEITH L. STEIN, age 15, 2167 Regent Court South, Westbury,
New York.
"Micro Organisms in Varying Gravity."
W. Trespar
Clarke High School, Dennis Unger, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment: ED-33, The objective of this experiment was to
subject numerous different species of bacteria to a complex regime
of varying levels of gravitational forces.
The varying "G" levels
were to be achieved by mounting the specimens at different radii on
a centrifuge.
Skylab.
Restraints precluded performing this experiment on
Since previously planned microbiology Detailed Test
Objectives includes some of the data Keith is interested in, he will
be associated with Dr. Ferguson, Johnson Space Center, the principal
coordinating scientist for this investigation.
2.
KENT M. BRANDT, age 16, 11380 Grand Oak Drive,
Grand Blanc, Michigan.
"Chick Embryology." Grand Blanc Senior
High School, Mr. Charles E. Martell III, teacher/sponsor.
Experiment: ED-51, This experiment proposed launching a number
of fertile chicken eggs, incubating the eggs in orbit and observing the
development of the embryo.
Incubation periods would vary so that
returned eggs would reflect changes in maturity and in development
as a result of weightlessness.
Excessive weight and hardware complexity
precluded development in allotted time.
Kent indicated an interest in
biorythyms and was associated with Circadian Rhythm-Pocket Mice S071,
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under the direction of Dr. John Lindberg, principal investigator.
3.
KEITH McGEE, age 18, 122 Sunflower Street, Garland, Texas.
"Colloidal State. " South Garland High School, Mrs. Ann B. Patterson,
teacher/sponsor.
Experiment:
ED-71, The objective of this experiment was to
investigate the effect of a zero gravity environment on the colloidal
state of matter as opposed to the known characteristic of this state in
a one-G environment.
Hardware complexity and the inability to obtain
a stable platform on Skylab forced this experiment to be eliminated.
Keith has been associated with Dr. Robert Snyder, Marshall Space
Flight Center, who was involved in the Apollo 14 and 17 electrophoresis
demonstrations and who is currently continuing his investigations in
this area.
4.
KIRK M. SHERHART, age 19, 2144 Earlmont Road, Berkley,
Michigan.
"Powder Flow."
Berkley High School, Mrs. Helen Politzer,
teacher-sponsor.
Experiment: ED-73, The objective of this experiment was to study
the parameters involved in achieving the flow of powdered or granulated
materials as opposed to liquids.
Studies revealed that development
problems existed that precluded production of hardware within the
allowable time.
Kirk has been affiliated with the NASA researchers
on materials flow in a zero gravity environment.
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5.
GREGORY A. MERKEL., age 18, Wilbraham and Monson
Academy, Springfield, Massachusetts.
"Brownian Motion."
Wilbraham and Monson Academy, Mr. Solon S. Economou,
teacher-sponsor.
Experiment:
ED-75, The objective of this experiment was to
investigate the effect of zero gravity on the Brownian progression
of a solute through its advent. This experiment requires a highly
stable platform and Skylab is not capable of providing the degree
of stability.
Greg indicated a strong interest in astronomy and was
associated with Dr. Karl Henize, University of Texas, principal
investigator for S019, Ultraviolet Stellar Astronomy.
6.
JAMES E. HEALY, age 18, 84 S. Gillette Avenue, Bayport,
New York.
"Universal Gravity Constant." St. Anthony's High School,
Dr. Paul Mottl, teacher-sponsor.
Experiment:
ED-77, The objective of this experiment was to be the
determination of the universal gravitation constant in a null-G environment.
A modified Carendish balance was proposed to fly in an attempt to
measure the constant.
Unfortunately, the random forces induced
on the masses of the balance by Skylab disturbances exceeded the
mass attraction forces on the Carendish balance.
Jim indicated an
interest in the T013 - - Crew Vehicle Disturbance experiment.
He
and the principal investigator, Mr. Bruce Conway, have developed a
meaningful association.
NASA— MSFC
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Skylab was the first space station operated by NASA; it was launched without a crew on May 14, 1973. Skylab had three manned missions: Skylab 2, launched May 25, 1973, lasting 28 days, Skylab 3, launched July 28, 1973, lasting 60 days, and Skylab 4, launched November 16, 1973, lasting 84 days. Crews on Skylab conducted a variety of experiments during their missions, including experiments in human physiology, circadian rhythms, solar physics and astronomy, and material sciences. Important earth resources studies were conducting including studies on geology, hurricanes, and land and vegetation patterns.
Two of the more important components for conducting research on Skylab were the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) and the Earth Resources Experiment Package (EREP). The ATM was a multi-spectral solar observatory, and NASA’s first full-scale manned astronomical observatory in space. The ATM yielded a significant number of images and provided useful data for understanding our sun. The EREP provided thousands of images of the Earth’s surface in visible, infrared, and microwave spectral regions.
Skylab remained in orbit, unoccupied after the Skylab 4 mission, until July 11, 1973, when the space station reentered Earth’s atmosphere.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab#Manned_missions
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/shuttle/f_skylab1.html
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-402/ch4.htm
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"The Skylab Student Project."
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Students involved in the student experiment selection are: Bochsler, Daniel C., Converse, Vincent W., Crites, Troy A., Dunlap, W. Brian, Hamilton, John C., Hopfield, Alison, Jackson, Kathy L., Johnston, Roger G., Leventhal, Jeanne L., Meister, Todd A., Miles, Judith S., Peltz, Cheryl A., Quist, Terry C., Reihs, Joe W., Schlack, Donald W., Wordekemper, Joel G., Shannon, Neal W., Staehle, Robert L., Zmolek, Joe B. Students whose experiments were held in consideration for future programs are Stein, Keith L., Brandt, Kent M., McGee, Keith, Sherhart, Kirk M., Merkel, Gregory A., Healy, James E.
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1973-05-01
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1970-1979
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George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Public Affairs Office
Skylab Program
Science—Study and teaching
National Science Teaching Association
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.)
Experimentation
Apollo Telescope Mount
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Reports
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Box 19, Folder 30
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