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PJ-Pt11-Skylab Days 11-21 |
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Written by PJ Weitz
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
See Part 10
‘Don: “Hey, can you guys stop lollygagging for just a minute so we can get a word to Paul?"’
Skylab sailed out of communications range. When Houston regained contact over the United States at the next comm pass, Pete and Joe were well into daylight. Their struggle with the aluminum strap, the 25- foot pole and Newton’s third law had begun.
As so often happens, some glitches popped up. The outside of the workshop where they had to work was not exactly built as the drawings back on Earth showed. But one of the advantages of having the adaptability of the human brain is the ability to accommodate the unexpected.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 June 2007 )
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PJ-Pt10-Skylab Days 10-11 |
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Written by PJ Weitz
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Monday, 21 May 2007 |
See Part 9
"That was the plan." On day 11 we produced a swing and a miss, and a home run.
The swing and miss occurred during an ‘EREP Pass'. The data take appeared to go quite well. When it was complete, Pete, reading the post-pass checklist, told me, "Close the S190 window cover." I looked at it and said, "It's already closed." And then we both said, "Oh dear, (or something like that) - we neglected to open it."
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 June 2007 )
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Written by PJ Weitz
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
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“Pete: ‘Yes, we’re all shaved and we’re leaving for the party…Good night, Dick!’”
| Unburdened by medical or solar physics duties, we spent much of day 8 (Friday, June 1) cleaning up and restowing. We also did some sightseeing out the window, three noses pressed to windows, three pairs of legs out in different directions. As an aid to when and where we were, we had a map of the world marked with latitude and longitude lines and pasted onto both sides of a big piece of stiff cardboard with slick plastic rollers at each end. Stretched over the map was a continuous piece of clear plastic, marked with a curved line representing Skylab’s orbit, inclined fifty degrees to the equator; and on the line, short cross-markings at intervals of how far we would travel in a minute. |
Skylab crossing the Amazon
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 May 2007 )
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Written by PJ Weitz
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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
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“So ended the third day.”
Day four, May 28, was a day of firsts. First time we were up on schedule – at 6 a.m. Houston time. First breakfast in the OWS wardroom. (Why was it called the wardroom? Because the first crew was all-Navy, and we got to name stuff. The Wardroom is the Officers’ dining room in a Navy ship.) First time for Joe to draw blood (ours and his own – he didn’t like the way Pete and I performed in training), centrifuge it and freeze it for return.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 20 June 2007 )
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