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LM-12 Member Posts: 3324 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-09-2013 11:16 PM What was the boom jettisoned on Skylab 3?
ZANL188 New Member Posts: From: Registered:	posted 11-10-2013 04:48 AM I'm not sure what the object is in your pic. However a boom was used to retrieve film from the ATM during EVAs.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3324 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-10-2013 06:14 AM Here is a closer view.
Dwight Member Posts: 577 From: Germany Registered: Dec 2003	posted 11-10-2013 07:57 AM The televised jettison was of the faulty S073 Experiment boom arm. This occured on DOY-216 and was carried out by the SL-3 crew of Bean, Lousma, Garriott.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3324 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-10-2013 11:28 AM Thanks for that information. NASA SP-404 Skylab's Astronomy and Space Sciences has a preflight photo of the S073 Gegenschein-Zodiacal Light Experiment boom on page 38, and an onboard photo of the experiment location on page 39.
Dwight Member Posts: 577 From: Germany Registered: Dec 2003	posted 11-10-2013 11:41 AM No problem. The TV goes for around 6 minutes and you see the boom floating off towards the earth. The crew give a running commentary all the while during the TV coverage.

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