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

Space Rocket History Podcast

Michael Annis

History, Technology

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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“The thing I remember about reentry was not positioning some RCS switches correctly. We got behind and Owen could not read my notes in the checklist because of the limited space (and my ‘unique’ penmanship). I said, ‘Give me the … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	Hello listeners. If you are enjoying this podcast without commercial interruption and are financially able, please consider supporting our effort.
0:08.8	To contribute, go to the homepage, spacerockethistory.com, and click on the orange donate button or the Patreon link.
0:17.8	And now is the best time of the year to support the podcast for we have reached the dog
0:26.2	days of summer we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not
0:36.2	because they are easy but because they are hard.
0:39.3	Godspeed, John Glenn.
0:41.3	Roger, zero G, and I feel fine.
0:44.3	And I feel out. Okay, I'm out.
0:47.3	How does it feel for the United States to be the new record holder?
0:51.3	At last, huh?
0:52.3	And that baby lights, there's no doubt about it.
0:56.0	Lift-off.
0:57.0	We have a lift-off.
0:58.0	32 minutes past the hour.
1:00.0	Lift-off on Apollo 11.
1:02.0	Listen, uh, tranquility base here.
1:06.0	The Eagle has landed.
1:08.0	That's one small step for man. One giant leap for man.
1:18.2	Hello and welcome. This is Michael Anis and you are listening to episode number 420
1:26.3	of the Space Rocket History podcast.
1:30.2	And now, Skylab 3, Deorbit, Reentry, and Splashdown.
1:37.8	On the previous episode, I mentioned that I could not find a copy of the actual recording of the Garriott's prank that they played on Mission Control.
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