Space Rocket History #407 – Skylab – “We Can Fix Anything”
Space Rocket History Podcast
Michael Annis
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🗓️ 1 February 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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During the stand up EVA, Kerwin held Weitz while he pulled at the debris several times which disturbed the stability of the Skylab station and caused the Skylabs gyros to compensate. This was a big problem because it nearly pulled … Continue reading
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| 0:19.9 | We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not |
| 0:24.9 | because they are easy but because they are hard in godspeed John Glenn Roger zero |
| 0:31.4 | and I feel fine okay I'm out how does it feel for the United States to be the new record holder? |
| 0:40.1 | At last, huh? |
| 0:41.8 | In that baby lights, there's no doubt about it. |
| 0:44.6 | Lift-off. We have a lift-off. 32 minutes past the hour. |
| 0:49.2 | Lift-off on Apollo 11. |
| 0:51.8 | flipping Tanguality Base here. |
| 0:54.7 | The Eagle has landed. |
| 0:56.6 | That's one small step for man. |
| 1:00.2 | One giant leap for manned. |
| 1:08.9 | Hello and welcome. |
| 1:11.1 | This is Michael Annis, and you are listening to episode number 407 of the Space Rocket History podcast. |
| 1:18.3 | And now, Skylab, we can fix anything. |
| 1:23.1 | Good evening. |
| 1:24.3 | The job of trying to salvage the mission of Skylab 1 has begun. The three astronauts, |
| 1:30.3 | Pete Conrad, Dr. Joseph Kerwin, Paul White's, have arrived on the scene, 270 miles above the Earth, |
| 1:37.3 | made an initial inspection and apparently found no problems which looked unsurmountable. |
| 1:42.3 | Their launch this morning was not quite as |
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