June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... Apollo transfer van was a modified Clark-Cortez motorhome and was used throughout the Apollo and Skylab programmes to transport astronauts to Launch Complex 39 and, thereafter, for the first eight Space Shuttle missions. The...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
.... While the International Space Station (ISS) is larger and more capable than the 1970s Salyuts and Skylab, it is not a step change and, to emphasise this, half of the ISS is based on modules developed for the first...
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...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
... investigated whether wine would be a suitable beverage for crews. It became clear that any wine being sent to Skylab would need to be repackaged, and would be subject to an extreme level of shaking that could impact its overall taste...
October 2015
Eating in space: from Michelin-starred chefs to self-sufficiency
...sandwiches onto their Gemini 3 flight in March 1965. The Skylab food heating and serving tray from 1970, complete with ... Earth. Worse, it could have the opposite effect, as Skylab astronauts discovered. A cure for odour fatigue As astronaut Joseph ...
August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
... to dismiss and can stick around for a long time. The American Skylab space station of the mid-1970s is also no stranger to UFOs.... to make the pieces sparkle. The UFOs disappeared when Skylab went dark. Forty minutes later, the astronauts turned the...
