November 2016
Emergency dental treatment on way to Mars
... were reported and at least one severe incident with extreme pain occurred during the Salyut 6 mission [3]. Skylab 2 commander Pete Conrad undergoes a dental examination by medical officer Joseph Kerwin. In the absence of an examination chair, Conrad...
June 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
...political science professor at the University of Central Florida, comparing Tiangong 1 to the US's first space station. The diminutive Skylab launched in 1973 and, along with the Russian Mir Space Station, was a precursor to the eventual construction...
25 February 2018
Skylab 3 – The NASA Mission Reports
... Mission Reports series – covers Skylab 3, the second of the three manned Skylab missions (Skylab 1 was the launch of ...this case, the DVD includes a launch video, a 14-minute ‘Skylab 3’ mission documentary, a 55-minute guided tour of the station with ...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... periods when two or more space stations have been working in Earth orbit simultaneously. For example, the US Skylab along with various Salyut space stations of the former Soviet Union, the International Space Station (ISS...
May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
... product attempting to cash in on the excitement around spaceflight in the early 1960s, though they did fly aboard Skylab III. Martha collects rocks. Today’s space food eaten aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shares...
June 2015
Astronauts having a laugh
... Capsule Communicator, Bob Crippen, an astronaut himself and later a pilot of the space shuttle, made a routine call to Skylab. “Skylab, this is Houston. Over.” He was shocked to hear a woman’s voice answer in sexy tones, “Well, hello, Houston, this...
