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Author	Topic: Photo of the week 674 (September 23, 2017)
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 09-23-2017 02:50 AM Skylab 2 fueling test at Pad 39B on January 30, 1973. The Saturn 1B launch vehicle is carrying a dummy spacecraft without launch escape system.
Lasv3 Member Posts: 410 From: Bratislava, Slovakia Registered: Apr 2009	posted 09-24-2017 06:26 AM I never saw this shot before. I suppose the whole stack had to be rolled back to the VAB again after the test to install the "flight" spacecraft. Why was the test not performed with the flight configuration vehicle without the necessity to move it back and forth (if it was the case)?
Apollo-Soyuz Member Posts: 1205 From: Shady Side, Md Registered: Sep 2004	posted 09-24-2017 07:14 AM The test without spacecraft was testing out the modified facilities to allow a Saturn 1B rocket to be launched from Pad 39B.
Lasv3 Member Posts: 410 From: Bratislava, Slovakia Registered: Apr 2009	posted 09-24-2017 09:51 AM Thanks for the explanation!
Ronpur Member Posts: 1211 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012	posted 09-25-2017 09:20 PM This is just amazing! Another bit of space history most of us never knew about. Thank you!
LM-12 Member Posts: 3208 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 09-25-2017 10:19 PM The launch escape sytem can be seen still on the dummy spacecraft inside the VAB in photo 72-H-1494 dated December 18, 1972.

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