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Topic: Skylab 3 crew photographed with Saturn IB
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LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-07-2025 06:07 PM
  
Skylab 3 photo KSC-73P-427 has this caption:
Skylab 3 science pilot Dr. Owen K. Garriott, commander Alan L. Bean and pilot Jack R. Lousma were photographed at the Kennedy Space Center today with the Skylab 3 space vehicle in the background. They were scheduled for launch on the second manned Skylab mission no earlier than 7:08 A.M. EDT, July 28. I don't recall ever having seen this photo. Was the Skylab 3 crew suited, or were they in civilian clothes? |
heng44
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From: Netherlands
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posted 06-08-2025 02:50 AM
Civilian clothes. |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-08-2025 04:28 PM
I have never seen any crew portrait photo of the Skylab 3 astronauts wearing their spacesuits. Has anyone seen such a photo? |
LM-12
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posted 06-11-2025 12:05 AM
Usually, the suited astronauts would have participated in the dry CDDT at the pad a few weeks before launch. As I understand it, there was no dry CDDT leading up to the launch of Skylab 3. Had there been a dry CDDT, we might have had some photos of the suited Skylab 3 crew and the Saturn IB. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 4148
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-12-2025 03:53 PM
There is a Skylab 2 photo of the crew (Conrad, Kerwin, Weitz) with the Saturn IB. The suited astronauts are holding their helmets. What is that photo number? |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-13-2025 08:54 PM
There is a similar photo with the Skylab 4 crew. Photo 73-H-1097 has this caption:
Edward Gibson, Gerald Carr, and William Pogue pose with their Skylab spacesuits on and holding their helmets in front of the Saturn IB launch vehicle. |
heng44
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From: Netherlands
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posted 06-24-2025 04:37 AM
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Originally posted by LM-12:
What is that photo number?
There are two similar photos (without helmets): KSC-73PC-202 and KSC-73PC-208. I have the helmet photo without ID. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 4148
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-24-2025 03:00 PM
One of the Skylab 2 crew photos at the pad has the alternate 73-HC-301 number. The other two rarely-seen photos are Conrad in the middle, and the helmet photo. |
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