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Skylab 4 Launch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Father was in the Firing Room for the launches of Skylab 2, 3, and 4.

 

 

 

Dad was on the Launch Team for Skylab 2 meaning he was not at his IBM DDAS Station for Skylab 1.

 

Dad got to watch the launch of Skylab 1 from the NASA Causeway . 

He got a vehicle / family pass and we all got to watch the launch together. 

This was the only Apollo/Skylab Saturn V  launch he got to watch outside because he was in the DDAS Stacks near the back of the Firing Room for all the other launches. 

We have footage of 4 Saturn launches with Skylab 1 filmed by dad in person.  The other 3 launches were filmed by a family friend with Dad's super 8 mm camera. 

 

 

 

For those looking for more information on Skylab, I recommend purchasing "Search for Skylab".

 

 

 

The best documentary you can find safely down here on Earth is "Searching for Skylab" by Dwight Steven-Boniecki. 

The film is available for purchase through the website: https://www.searchingforskylab.com/

 

 Trailer for "Searching for Skylab" by Dwight Steven-Boniecki

 

Skylab was America's first long duration Space Station and many experiments and endurance testing became essential data when designing the International Space Station!  

 

This page is Temporary and in Development as are all other page.

There is more to come about Space Stations.