January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... explorers. Can anyone doubt that after Rosetta and Philae? And so today, after faltering (re-)starts with Skylab, the Space Shuttle and now the International Space Station, space agencies (and we the taxpayers) are...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
... related to textile technology include: NASA seamstress Aylene Baker pictured stitching part of a replacement heat shield for Skylab in 1973 after the original unexpectedly tore off shortly after launch. The photo is now on display at the...
04 February 2018
Australia in Space
... space arena: its historic launch base at Woomera and the fact that the remains of the deorbiting Skylab space station fell within its territory. This is, of course, a gross misrepresentation of the nation’s activities in space, as Australian...
26 February 2018
Space Architecture Education for Engineers and Architects
... to the late 1960s, when industrial designer Raymond Loewy worked with NASA on the interior design of the Skylab space station. But it is becoming increasingly relevant as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) continues to orbit Earth...
26 February 2018
International Space Station – Architecture Beyond Earth
... design since the famous argument about the Mercury capsule. The author mentions the equally famous Skylab window, which architectural consultant Raymond Loewy championed “as its recreational value alone…would justify its cost...
20 July 2018
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: The NASA Mission Reports
... handshake, inflight press conference, Soyuz landing and so on. Grouped together with similar volumes on the Apollo and Skylab missions, this volume completes a fantastic resource in any space buff’s personal library.
