Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Skylab Program
Skylab 1
Reentry
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama
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Skylab Document Scanning Project Metadata
Reports
Text
This is a report about the Skylab 1 reentry.
Diagrams
Still Image
"MSFC'S ROLE IN THE SKYLAB REACTIVATION MISSION."
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Notebooks
Notes (Documents)
"APOLLO TELESCOPE MOUNT SEQUENTIAL FLOW PLAN."
Apollo applications program
Apollo Telescope Mount
This is a manual that describes the handling and use of the Apollo Telescope Mount prior to launch.
Tony O'Neil Apollo Telescope Mount Collection
Technical Manuals
Houston (Tex.)
Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.)
Skylab 4
Carr, Gerald P.
Gibson, Edward G.
Pogue, William R.
Extravehicular mobility units
Space habitats
This is a series of interviews with the crew of Skylab 4. The interviews focus on the onboard systems and equipment.
"MSFC SKYLAB CREW SYSTEMS MISSION EVALUATION."
Madison County (Ala.)
Huntsville (Ala.)
Multiple docking adapters
Airlock modules
Provisioning
Experimentation
Life support systems
Onboard equipment
Film Vault
This is a hardware evaluation and assessment of the skylab habitat systems based on the feedback from the Skylab crews.
"Use of the Ben Franklin Submersible as a Space Station Analog."
Human factors in engineering design
Grumman/Piccard PX-15 (Ben Franklin Submersible)
Grumman Aerospace Corporation.
Spent Stage Workshop
This biographical portfolio booklet describes the role that industrial designer Raymond Loewy's designs played in the Skylab program.
Sotheby's
Portfolios (Groups of Works)
Biographies (Literary Genre)
"Final Crew System Corollary Experiment Input to the Skylab Final Mission Evaluation Report."
Skylab 2
Skylab 3
This report describes the experiments onboard Skylab, what the data the experiments gather indicates, and the equipment that the experiments utilize. This includes the spider experiment.
Skylab "MSFC SKYLAB NEUTRAL BUOYANCY SIMULATOR" Technical MEMORANDUM.
Neutral buoyancy simulation
This report describes the importance of the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator for preparing the Skylab astronauts to work in space.
Memorandums
This blueprint depicts some of the life support systems of skylab, especially as related to temperature control. This blueprint also depicts storage, and food refrigeration, as well as food preparation spaces.
Reprographic Copies
This blueprint depicts the working space of the Skylab astronauts. It includes the layout of the workstations, and the locations of both provision containers, and experiment supply containers. It also depicts the location of the local mobility aids such as handrails and foot restraints.
"APPENDIX TO SPENT STAGE EXPERIMENT SUPPORT MODULE PROPOSAL."
Saturn launch vehicles
"SPENT STAGE EXPERIMENT SUPPORT MODULE PROPOSAL."
Earth Resources Program
John F. Kennedy Space Center
This article describes the technical aspects of all of the Skylab missions, with a focus on readability for the public.
Articles
"skylab 3 SCIENCE & ENGINEERING IN ORBIT" brochure.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Manned Flight Awareness
Lousma, Jack R.
Bean, Alan L.
Garriott, Owen K.
This brochure describes the duties and responsibilities of the Skylab 3 crew, including experiments and repairs.
Brochures
NASA "m!ssion report The Second Skylab Mission."
This article describes the scientific importance of the Skylab missions, and specifically focuses on the earth resources and Apollo Telescope data which the Skylab 3 crew brought back.
NASA "m!ssion report 'Man Still Matters' - The Story of The First Skylab Mission."
Conrad, Charles, Jr.
Kerwin, Joseph P.
Weitz, Paul J.
This article describes the scientific importance of the Skylab missions, and specifically focuses on the importance of having the Skylab program be a manned series of missions, as opposed to unmanned.
Photograph "Launches of SKYLAB 1 & SKYLAB 2."
Merritt Island (Fla.)
Color Photographs