NASA Commemorates Skylab's 40th Anniversary
NASA to Mark 40th Anniversary of Skylab and Life Off Earth
“NASA will commemorate the 40th anniversary of America’s first space station Monday, May 13, with a televised roundtable discussion featuring Skylab astronauts, a current astronaut and agency managers planning future space missions.”
Participants will include:
– Owen Garriott, science pilot, Skylab 3
– Gerald Carr, commander, Skylab 4
– Kevin Ford, commander, International Space Station Expedition 34
– D. Marshall Porterfield, director, Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division, NASA Headquarters
– Jason Crusan, director, Advanced Exploration Systems, NASA Headquarters
Watch live at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Owen Garriott and Gerry Carr and their Skylab memories were far more interesting than the ISS folks. I wish Carr would have went into more detail on the “big disagreement” he and his crew had with the flight controllers during Skylab 4!