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LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 10-25-2013 11:29 AM There were four EVA excursions on Skylab 4: Gibson and Pogue on EVA-1 Carr and Pogue on EVA-2 Carr and Gibson on EVA-3 Carr and Gibson on EVA-4 The only photo I have seen of an EVA astronaut on Skylab 4 is S74-17456. Are there other EVA photos of Carr, Gibson and Pogue?
keith.wilson Member Posts: 94 From: Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland Registered: Jun 2002	posted 11-11-2013 02:36 PM On the subject of Skylab photos the crews took very few onboard images considering the length of the three missions. Why was this? A too hectic science schedule or the likelihood of film being damaged due to a prolonged stay onboard (heat/radiation)? I have probably seen more images of the crews in the ground-based trainer than on-orbit.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-11-2013 02:59 PM I am somewhat surprised that so few photos of the EVA astronauts were taken during the ten Skylab EVAs.
J.L Member Posts: 694 From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA Registered: May 2005	posted 11-11-2013 03:00 PM quote: Originally posted by keith.wilson: On the subject of Skylab photos the crews took very few onboard images considering the length of the three missions. Keith, there are a lot more than you might think. I would estimate that only about third of the images showing the flight crews aboard Skylab have been released. I have been trying for some time now to secure hi-res versions. Only have lower res right now.
keith.wilson Member Posts: 94 From: Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland Registered: Jun 2002	posted 11-11-2013 03:19 PM This image is one of the less publicised EVA photos from Skylab. Skylab 3, Astronaut Owen K. Garriott looks at the camera as he participates in the August 6, 1973 EVA during which he and Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, pilot, deployed the twin pole solar shield to help shade the Orbital Workshop.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-15-2013 10:46 PM This photo of the Skylab crews in NASA SP-402 looks reversed.
mach3valkyrie Member Posts: 741 From: Albany, Oregon Registered: Jul 2006	posted 11-16-2013 09:56 PM It is reversed (mirror image). The photo also appears in the October 1974 National Geographic magazine as a foldout.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-26-2013 10:17 PM Photo SL3-120-2283 is Jack Lousma. Frames 2278 to 2284 are "EVA, Lousma" in the Skylab 3 photo index.
heng44 Member Posts: 3674 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 11-28-2013 12:32 AM Is the Skylab photo index online somewhere?
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-28-2013 01:16 AM You would think that the Skylab photo indexes would be easily found on the NASA website somewhere, but that certainly was not the case. I stumbled across a pdf version of the Skylab 3 Photographic Index and Scene Identification document on a UFO-related website, of all places! No such luck with the Skylab 2 and 4 indexes.
heng44 Member Posts: 3674 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 11-28-2013 03:48 AM That is amazing, but hey: we take what we can get! Thanks.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-28-2013 08:19 AM Here is my rough list of the EVA photos of the Skylab 3 crew from the index: SL3-115-1818 to 1822 (Lousma) SL3-115-1823 to 1830 (Garriott) SL3-115-1831 to 1835 (Lousma) SL3-115-1836 to 1837 (Garriott) SL3-117-2098 to 2102 (Lousma) SL3-117-2103 to 2109 (Garriott) SL3-118-2171 to 2176 (Bean) SL3-118-2179 to 2182 (Bean) SL3-120-2278 to 2284 (Lousma) SL3-122-2609 to 2610 (Garriott) SL3-122-2611 to 2612 (Bean)
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-29-2013 01:24 PM Here is SL2-100-798 in high-resolution. It is Joe Kerwin. From the Skylab News Reference regarding EVA activities: All three Skylab crewmembers will be suited up for the EVA ... EV3, who will remain in the MDA, will be "soft-suited," wearing a pressure suit without helmet and gloves.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-30-2013 10:37 PM In the Mission Report for Skylab 4, there is a 35mm film usage table. The table shows that there are 64 frames of extravehicular activity on magazine 56.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 12-10-2013 03:38 PM NASA is posting a bunch of new high-res Skylab 2 and Skylab 3 photos. No new Skylab 4 photos yet.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-16-2016 10:55 AM Compare the two similar views of Jack Lousma in Skylab photos SL3-115-1833 and SL3-117-2099. Magazine 115 was taken with the 70mm Hasselblad camera, and Magazine 117 was taken with the 35mm Nikon camera.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 11-17-2016 11:54 PM There is this image with the caption "Weitz performing extravehicular activity" in Chapter 5 of NASA SP-400 "Skylab, Our First Space Station."
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 02-15-2017 12:21 PM Skylab EVA photo SL2-100-799 has this caption: This medium close-up view shows astronauts Charles Conrad, commander for Skylab 2, and Science Pilot Joseph P. Kerwin performing an extravehicular activity (EVA) to repair the damaged and partially deployed solar array system on the Skylab complex. The photo was taken from inside the Orbital Workshop (OWS) by astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot. Who is who in the photo?
nasamad Member Posts: 2187 From: Essex, UK Registered: Jul 2001	posted 02-15-2017 04:13 PM quote: Originally posted by LM-12: "Weitz performing extravehicular activity" I have a copy of the shot in my collection from the Skylab book that is signed by Weitz. I always wondered if it was red tinged due to Skylab going into Earth's shadow or a reflection from the parasol or something?
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 02-17-2017 01:09 AM quote: Originally posted by LM-12: Who is who in the photo? EVA photo S73-27562 is Kerwin, according to the caption. The live TV transmission of the EVA seems to indicate that is Conrad. So if that is Conrad, then I would say that Conrad is the EVA astronaut facing the camera in SL2-100-799.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 02-21-2017 01:10 PM On the Skylab EVAs, some astronauts had a cover over their waist-mounted Pressure Control Unit, and some did not.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 03-18-2023 12:38 AM Don't recall seeing this Skylab EVA photo (SL4-185-6692) before: it shows one of the Skylab 4 astronauts, either Pogue or Carr, upside down near the EVA hatch. This is the photo caption: On Christmas Day 1973, Skylab 4 astronauts Bill Pogue and Gerry Carr had no time for celebration; there was work to be done. Do it they did, conducting the only spacewalk by U.S. astronauts on December 25. One mission objective was to photograph Comet Kohoutek on this, the second of four spacewalks for the mission.
Philip Member Posts: 6217 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001	posted 03-18-2023 05:07 AM S74-17456 is Gibson during EVA on 1974, February 3.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 03-18-2023 08:26 PM Here is the NASA caption for that EVA photo of Gibson: Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson has just egressed the Skylab EVA hatchway in this frame taken from a roll of movie film exposed by a 16mm Maurer camera. Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Skylab 4 commander, took this picture during the final Skylab extravehicular activity (EVA) which took place on Feb. 3, 1974. Carr was above on the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) when he shot this frame of Gibson. Note Carr's umbilical/tether line extending from inside the space station up toward the camera. Astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, remained inside the space station during the EVA by Carr and Gibson.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 03-19-2023 04:19 PM quote: Originally posted by LM-12: Don't recall seeing this Skylab EVA photo (SL4-185-6692) before... I figure that is Pogue seen in EVA photo SL4-185-6692, and here is why. The Skylab flight plan has these definitions for EV-1 and EV-2: EVI - Crewman who egresses first and performs operations at the FAS Work Station (FAS is Fixed Airlock Shroud) EV2 - Crewman who egresses second, transfers along handrails and performs operations at the Center Work Station and Sun-end Work Station Pogue was EV-1 and Carr was EV-2 on the December 25 EVA, so Carr took the photo of Pogue.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 03-22-2023 12:19 AM Was Alan Bean EV-1 or EV-2 on his one Skylab EVA? I'm guessing EV-2.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 03-24-2023 09:09 PM Some confusion here: Photo SL3-118-2182 is described in the NASA caption as a Skylab 3 EVA photo dated August 6, 1973. So that would be Garriott and Lousma seen in the photo: However, photo SL3-118-2181 (one frame earlier) is described here as a Skylab 3 EVA photo of Garriott and Bean taken on September 22, 1973. Seems like one of the descriptions is wrong. Photo SL3-118-2180 (two frames earlier) is definitely a photo of Bean. You can clearly see his name tag. So I would say the NASA caption for 2182 is incorrect.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3798 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 06-30-2023 11:48 AM A slightly different Skylab EVA photo of Jack Lousma sold at auction earlier this year. The NASA photo number is SL3-117-2102.