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Space Rocket History Podcast

Welcome to the Space Rocket History podcast

Episodes

Total: 220

Space Rocket History #425 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – The Strike (Fake News)
2023/10/19

“There was no strike in space by any stretch of the imagination. What could we threaten to do, go li

Space Rocket History #424 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Stowaways & We Lost Gibson
2023/10/6

One stowaway was on the bicycle ergometer, another was in the LBNP (lower body negative pressure dev

Space Rocket History #423 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Launch & The Vomit Bag Scandal
2023/9/22

“As we rode, the big blue eyes of Al Shepard bored into each of us looking for any sign of weakness,

Space Rocket History #422 – Skylab – Skylab 4 – Kohoutek, Experiments, Flight Prep & Training
2023/9/8

In space, on the day the second crew left Skylab, which was September 25, 1973, the orbital workshop

Space Rocket History #421 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Recovery & Re-acclimation
2023/8/23

“I felt like that mission was from my viewpoint the highlight of my career, as being the best astron

Space Rocket History #420 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – De-orbit, Re-entry, & Splashdown
2023/8/10

“The thing I remember about reentry was not positioning some RCS switches correctly. We got behind a

Space Rocket History #419 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Those Tricky Garriotts
2023/7/26

“Hello Houston. Roger. Well I, haven’t talked with you for a while. Isn’t that you down there. Bob?

Space Rocket History #418 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – AMU, EVA 2, Space Physics, Solar Physics and Mission Extension
2023/7/13

On mission day 28, August 24th 1973, it was time to perform the 2nd EVA.  Garriott and Lousma once a

Space Rocket History #417 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Maximum Effort, Determination, Efficiency, and Accomplishment
2023/6/28

Finally, the crew became efficient enough to get all of the work done that was scheduled for a given

Space Rocket History #416 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Wives, Spiders, Minnows and a Spacewalk
2023/6/14

“I had to connect eleven five-foot sections of aluminum poles, twice, forming two long poles. These

Space Rocket History #415 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Rescue Mission Part 2
2023/6/1

“Near the end of our preparation period, management said; Well, we believe, we can do this, now let’

Space Rocket History #414 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Rescue Mission Part 1
2023/5/17

“I think for me that was probably the low point of the mission because it threatened our ability to

Space Rocket History #413 – Skylab – Skylab 3-Rendezvous, Docking & Vomit
2023/5/3

Garriott was in the center couch and Lousma was on his right with a small window near his seat, Sudd

Space Rocket History #412 – Skylab – The Launch of Skylab 3
2023/4/19

The crew complement for the Skylab 3 mission was 783 life forms (52 fish, 720 flies, 6 mice, 2 spide

Space Rocket History #411 – Skylab – Skylab 2 – Splashdown
2023/4/5

Before the astronauts could leave there was one final problem to solve. Skylab’s refrigeration syste

Space Rocket History #410 – Skylab – Skylab 2 – Days 24-28
2023/3/16

On Mission day 25, the crew was informed that they had surpassed the Russian space endurance record

Space Rocket History #409 – Skylab – Skylab 2 – Days 8-23
2023/3/2

“Houston, Skylab. I’d like you to be the first to know that the PLT is the proud father of a genuine

Space Rocket History #408 – Skylab – Skylab 2 – Days 2-7 & 10th Anniversary Celebration
2023/2/15

NASA’s first priority was to get Skylab back into solar inertial attitude.  This was both the cooles

Space Rocket History #407 – Skylab – “We Can Fix Anything”
2023/2/1

During the stand up EVA, Kerwin held Weitz while he pulled at the debris several times which disturb

Space Rocket History #406 – Skylab – The Launch of Skylab 2
2023/1/19

At 07:00 hours Houston time, Skylab 2 roared off its Milk Stool from LC-39B; the first Saturn IB lau