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Skylab was the first United States space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation, and hundreds of experiments.
Unable to be re-boosted by the Space Shuttle, which was not ready until 1981, Skylab's orbit eventually decayed, and it disintegrated in the atmosphere on July 11, 1979, scattering debris across the Indian Ocean and Western Australia.
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An impressionistic image created from multiple iphone images and edited with iColorama, Skylab and distressedFX on an iPad Pro.
An Autumn Dawn...
“Blurry fall sunrise,
Softly glows through clouds of fog,
Brightening still pond;
Marshland grasses greet the day,
Gracing the traveler’s way...”
©R/Merz #TankaPoem
Backstory: A self pat on my back on being able to be alone, on my own and to enjoy my own company, wherever I am, even in a crowded room. A moment of reflection in “lockdown” Apps Used: The image evolved from an old pic that I chose that definitely needed a face lift. It was also my first attempt on a new app SkyLab. There’s a lot on this app to keep me happy. I spent a little time checkin out all the accessories on board before getting to my final vision.There are six layers used and all adjustments and editing on one app is good news for me as I tend to use several normally.
Somewhat of a homage to being alone yet not alone. I wanted it to be of this world and yet not of this world.SkyLab had all the tools I needed.
Thoreau’s quote was the icing on the cake. Stay safe and keep the creativity flowing.
An imaginary place created from a composite of multiple original iPhone photos . The resulting image was edited with Skylab, DistressedFX and iColorama on an iPad Pro.
Suddenly It Stormed...
Clouds thickly gathered,
In the darkening grey skies
Over the trackless marshlands...
Suddenly it stormed,
A reminder to appreciate
The memories of less turbulent times...
©R/Merz All Rights Reserved
A fantasy image composed of multiple original photographs edited with iColorama, SkyLab, and DistressedFX on an iPad Pro.
A surreal dream state based on a composite image created from multiple iPhone photos and edited with Skylab, iColorama and DistressedFX.
©R/Merz/PhotoArt All Rights Reserved — This image may not be copied or reused in any way without permission
Another alien landscape created from a composite of multiple original photos. The modifications and editing done with Reflect, Skylab DistressedFX and iColorama on an iPad Pro.
This week in 1973, the second crewed Skylab crew splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, after a successful 59-day mission.
Here, astronaut Jack R. Lousma participates in extravehicular activity during which he and astronaut Owen K. Garriott deployed a twin pole solar shield, developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The shield was needed after the original panel to protect the orbital workshop was ripped off during launch in May 1973.
The solution was delivered to the space station just over two months after the first launch, with much of the development and testing performed at Marshall. In addition to solving the solar shield issue, Marshall provided the Saturn launch vehicles for the four Skylab missions and directed many of the station's experiments.
Today the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as "science central" for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of scientific experiments on the orbiting laboratory.
For more fun throwbacks, check out Marshall's History Album by clicking here.
America's first space station, made from left over parts from the Apollo missions. It was used between May, 1973, and February, 1974. And here's something I didn't know until just now as I'm writing this: the SX-70 was actually used on Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 to take pictures of a video monitor on the space station to document changes in the sun from orbit to orbit. Polaroids were used in space.
The CARNARVON Space and Technology Museum focusses on two parts: The Carnarvon Tracking Station and the OTC Satellite Earth Station, for which each station played separate roles in the early space industry.
The Carnarvon Tracking Station was located 10 kilometres south from Carnarvon. The station was built to support NASA’s Gemini, Apollo and Skylab programs. It was commissioned in 1964 and operated for 11 years. It was the last station to communicate with the space capsules leaving the earth orbit, and the last to make contact before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. At the height of the operation it had a staff of 220 people.
The OTC Satellite Earth Station (and now museum site) is situated at the northern end of Browns Range, about 6 kilometres from the centre of Carnarvon, and 4 kilometres north of the Tracking Station. The OTC Satellite Earth Station was opened in 1966, initially with the 12.8 metre wide Casshorn antenna as part of the global satellite communications system. The Casshorn antenna has interacting parabolic and hyperbolic reflectors in a characteristic ‘sugar scoop’ form.
On 21 July 1969, the day of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Casshorn antenna relayed Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon from NASA's Honey Suckle Creek Tracking Station to Perth's TV audience via Moree earth station - the first live telecast into Western Australia. Later in 1969, the larger 29.6 metre wide steerable antenna was built to facilitate better communication between the NASA Tracking Station and the USA.
The station was decommissioned in April 1987, but the site is still 'actively' involved in solar scientific research, hosting a node of the Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network.
OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon (fmr) is a registered heritage site with the Heritage Council of Western Australia. It has local, national and international cultural-heritage significance. The Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum opened in 2012. (Offical Website)
From this angle, the secondary/sub reflector is beautifully illustrated in the side-lit evening light. OTC is short for Overseas Telecommunications Commission.
In the early hours of the 12th of July, 1979, Skylab crashed on WA's south east coast, scattering debris across the Nullarbor and the eastern goldfields and causing a worldwide sensation
“Skylab III Pacific Recovery Area -- U.S.S. New Orleans -- Scuba diver prepares to right spacecraft in the eight foot seas during recovery. A two-stage Saturn IB rocket carrying the Skylab 3 astronauts Alan L. Bean, Commander, Dr. Owen K. Garriott, Science Pilot, and Jack R. Lousma, Pilot, were launched to the orbiting Skylab at 7:11 a.m. E.D.T., July 28, 1973 at 6:20 p.m. E.D.T. about 362 kilometers (225 statue miles) southwest of San Diego, CA. The second Skylab mission of 59 days was man’s longest mission to date.”
So, the CM was initially in ‘Stable II’ (apex down) position upon splashdown. However - despite what the caption says - the UDT guys surely weren’t at it as it was flipping over to ‘Stable I’, were they??? If so, damn! I Then again, they’re “precursor SEALs”, so maybe?
Unfortunately, the quality of the video I’ve come across of the recovery operation is so shitty, it’s difficult to make out anything other than the capsule and helicopters. Take a look:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Ns-9HbA20&t=934s
Credit: yg1968/YouTube
This week in 1973, the uncrewed Skylab was launched aboard a modified Saturn V rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The initial concept for the orbital workshop was devised at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The center also managed the development of Skylab hardware and experiments. Over the course of its human occupation from May 25, 1973 to February 8, 1974, three crews visited Skylab and carried out 270 scientific and technical investigations and logged a combined 171 days in orbit. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as "science central" for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA's remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA's activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA's history, visit the Marshall History Program's webpage.
Image credit: NASA
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This week in 1973, the first crewed Skylab mission launched aboard a Saturn IB from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Astronauts Charles Conrad, Paul Weitz and Joseph Kerwin docked with Skylab on the fifth orbit. The crew conducted solar astronomy, Earth resources experiments, medical studies and five experiments, and performed three spacewalks. They doubled the previous length of time in space over the course of their 28-day mission. Here, the Skylab Orbital Workshop is seen as the crew departs and performs the final fly-around inspection. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center serves as “science central” for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
Image credit: NASA
In January 1974, William Pogue, pilot of the third manned Skylab mission, snapped a picture of crewmates Jerry Carr and Ed Gibson on the other end of the orbital workshop. Launched on board a modified Saturn V on May 14, 1973, Skylab served as a precursor to the International Space Station.
For more fun throwbacks, check out Marshall's History Album by clicking here.
Taken with iPhone 8+, edited with Skylab, iColorama, DistressedFX on an iPad Pro using Apple Pencil.
Thor Speaks
Thor Speaks, Ravens Fly,
at Bjornafjorden,
Change comes to the Earth...
©️R/Merz #Haiku
Digital artwork created on an iPad Pro using iColorama, DistressedFX and Skylab, from an original photograph— ©R/Merz/PhotoArt All Rights Reserved
This week in 1973, the second crewed Skylab mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. During the 59-day mission, a crew of three astronauts continued maintenance of the space station, performed extensive scientific and medical experiments, installed a twin pole solar shield, and more than doubled the previous record for length of time in space. Here, astronaut Alan Bean is near the Apollo Telescope Mount during the final spacewalk of the mission. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center provided the Saturn rockets for the four Skylab missions and directed many of the space station's experiments. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as “science central” for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
Image credit: NASA
Taken with an iPhone 8+, edited with Snapseed, iColorama, Skylab and DistressedFX on an iPad Pro using Apple Pencil
I couldn't figure out a way to fit a working unfolding solar array in there, and in fact even those 1x2 hinge plates wouldn't fit there with the cone half installed- but it's acceptable for a cross section like this.
Next I'll build the in-orbit version, with protective blanket and unfurled arrays.
This week in 1973, the third and final crewed Skylab mission launched aboard a Saturn IB rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The crew – astronauts Gerald Carr, William Pogue, and Ed Gibson – performed a diverse range of experiments and observed the comet Kohoutek. After 84 days in space, the crew returned to Earth on Feb. 8, 1974. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center serves as “science central” for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
Image credit: NASA
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At last we see what Benny has been up to. More, hopefully better, images to come when it’s fully assembled.
Multiple images captured,edited and composed on mobile devices. (iphone & ipad)
The apps are mentioned in “tags”.
[Original book title “Dressed for Death” - Donna Leon 2005]
Sideyard building designed by Skylab Architecture, Portland, OR.
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Large format pinhole camera. Oriental Seagull RP-M grade 2 photographic paper - used as paper negative. Single multi-pinhole (6) exposure: 25 seconds
This week in 1973, Skylab's third and final crewed mission, launched to America's first space station.
This image of Skylab in orbit was taken as the crew departed the space station after 84 days in the station.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center provided the Saturn launch vehicles for the four Skylab missions and directed many of the space station's experiments.
Today Marshall's Payload Operations Integration Center serves as "science central" for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments.
For more fun throwbacks, check out Marshall's History Album by clicking here.
This week in 1973, the second crewed Skylab mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean following a successful 59-day mission in the orbiting laboratory. Here, astronaut Owen K. Garriott retrieves an image experiment from the Apollo Telescope Mount during an extravehicular activity. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as "science central" for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
Image credit: NASA
Sky lab passing along with a Geminid Meteor in the Petit Jean State Park night sky. In the several frames around this image of Sky Lab, I found several other meteors. The sky isn't particularly dark (with Russellville and Morrilton close by) so the meteor trails were not seen until it was processing time.
Reverse view from the official picture of the day, which was from a similar angle as the most commonly published image. Better images to come.
A close-up view of the Skylab space station cluster photographed against the Earth from the Skylab 3 command module during the "fly around" inspection prior to docking. Skylab 3 was the second crewed mission of the program. Note the one solar array system wing on the Orbital Workshop (OWS) which was successfully deployed during EVA on the first Skylab crew. The primary docking part at the forward end of the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) is visible below the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM).
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sl3-114-1682
Date: July 28, 1973
A composite image from several of my iPhone photos edited with Skylab, BeCasso, and iColorama on an iPad Pro using Apple Pencil.
This week in 1967, a mockup of the Skylab Orbital Workshop was shipped from Marshall Space Flight Center to McDonnell Douglas in Huntington, California, for design modifications.
Skylab -- America's first space station -- began as the Apollo Applications Program with an objective to develop science-based human space missions using hardware originally developed for the effort to land astronauts on the moon.
Launched on May 14, 1973, Skylab orbited Earth from 1973 to 1979. The 169,950-pound space station included a workshop, solar observatory, docking adapter and systems to allow three crews to spend up to 84 days in space.
For more fun throwbacks, check out Marshall's History Album by clicking here.
This week in 1974, after a successful 84-day mission, the third crewed Skylab mission crew returned to Earth. In this image, a crew member performs extravehicular activity outside the orbiting lab.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center provided the Saturn launch vehicles for the four Skylab missions and directed many of the space station's experiments. Today Marshall's Payload Operations Integration Center serves as "science central" for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments.
For more fun throwbacks, check out Marshall's History Album by clicking here.