by Emily Carney | Oct 28, 2017 | Skylab Space Station, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
NASA photo, 1973: “Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot for Skylab 2 (first Skylab manned) mission, looks over off-duty recreational equipment in the crew quarters of the Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer during Skylab simulation activity at the Manned Spacecraft...
by Emily Carney | Jul 1, 2017 | Apollo, Movies and Videos, Russian space program, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
“The Apollo Saturn V 500F Facilities Test vehicle, after conducting the VAB stacking operations, rolls out of the VAB on its way to Pad 39A to perform crawler, Launch Umbilical Tower, and pad operations.” NASA photo, May 25, 1966. The SA-500F went on to...
by Emily Carney | May 14, 2017 | Astronauts, Skylab Space Station, Space Shuttle, Technology, This Space Available
“An overhead view of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit as photographed from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during the final fly-around by the CSM before returning home.” Feb. 8, 1974 NASA photo “All things must pass away.”...
by Emily Carney | Mar 9, 2017 | Skylab Space Station, Space Shuttle, Technology, This Space Available
From Dec. 5, 1973: “Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson, Skylab 4 science pilot, stands at the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) console in the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit.” The computer interface is at...
by Emily Carney | Dec 15, 2016 | Apollo, Astronauts, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
Captain America chillin’ out in his home away from home. Photo from Project Apollo’s Archive on Flickr (Apollo 17 Magazine 160/YY; 35mm Color, onboard; NASA photographs; unprocessed 35mm film scans by NASA Johnson Space Center, circa 2005) As the...
by Emily Carney | Oct 30, 2016 | Astronauts, Skylab Space Station, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
“Listen, I know it’s extremely difficult to fly with someone this handsome. Sorry, Owen and Al.” NASA photo, dated Jan. 19, 1972: “Prime crew members of the scheduled second Skylab mission are introduced to the media during a press conference...
by Emily Carney | Jun 26, 2016 | Russian space program, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
From Wikipedia: “Visitors at the 38th Paris International Air and Space Show at Le Bourget Airfield line up to tour a Soviet An-225 Mechta aircraft that is carrying the Space Shuttle Buran on its back.” Posted by Master Sgt. Dave Casey on Wikipedia...
by Emily Carney | Apr 12, 2016 | Astronauts, NASA, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
From NASA, March 1981 photo: “The space shuttle orbiter Columbia is showered with lights in this nocturnal scene at Launch Pad 39A, as preparations are underway for the first flight (STS-1) of NASA’s new reusable spacecraft system. Astronauts John W. Young...
