by Emily Carney | Apr 27, 2022 | Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney While the last part of this blog series discussed how Skylab entered its final moments, this article discusses what would become Skylab’s unexpected graveyard – and the diverse, sometimes comical reactions the reentry...
by Emily Carney | Apr 3, 2022 | Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney By early 1978, it was clear that Skylab was coming down more quickly than predicted, and ground controllers worked hard to reestablish commands with the long-uncrewed space station. But from its troubled launch to its fiery ending,...
by Emily Carney | Oct 4, 2021 | Astronomy, Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney Most space enthusiasts are familiar with Skylab’s studies of the Sun, and its Christmas 1973 encounter with Comet Kohoutek. But many aren’t familiar with its suite of other astronomy experiments. Skylab possessed three...
by Emily Carney | Jun 10, 2020 | Apollo, Astronauts, Skylab Space Station, Space Settlement, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney In the last installment of This Space Available, the life and career of Dr. Philip Chapman, NASA’s first Australian-born astronaut, was discussed from the time he joined the exclusive cadre in 1967 to 1970, when he was doing his...
by Emily Carney | Apr 4, 2020 | Apollo, Astronauts, Skylab Space Station, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney The engine is the heart of the airplane, but the pilot is its soul. Author unknown Fred Haise may be best known as the Apollo 13 lunar module pilot who, along with crew mates Jim Lovell and Jack Swigert, survived one of the most...
by Emily Carney | Aug 28, 2019 | Astronauts, Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney In July 2013, I was honored to attend the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s gala dinner celebrating Skylab’s 40th anniversary at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Saturn V Center. I had been a massive Skylab fan pretty much...
by Emily Carney | Jun 29, 2019 | Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” – Neil Young, “Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)” According to a previous blog post by This Space Available, when a proposed reboost mission carried out via Space Shuttle was ruled out as...
by Emily Carney | Mar 9, 2019 | Movies and Videos, Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
The documentary Searching For Skylab, released on Vimeo on March 5th, is a treasure trove of as-yet-unseen archival footage of the much-underrated early 1970s U.S. space station, inter-cut with commentary from its astronauts, workers, major players, and experts....
