STP100 - Revisiting Skylab - with Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin
For our 100th episode, we decided that we’d like to talk some more about Skylab, and why not talk to one of the astronauts who lived onboard back in 1973, Dr. Joseph Kerwin.
Dr Kerwin doesn’t have any social media pages, but learn more about Skylab in the book he co-wrote with Owen Garriott and David Hitt: Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story.
This image was on the wall behind Dr. Kerwin during our interview. All 9 of the astronauts who went to Skylab together in one panoramic picture taken on the ground before the first mission.
This Week’s Launches:
Fri 22nd July 2022: Vandenberg SFB, California: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 3-2:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6953
Sun 24th July 2022: Wenchung Satellite Launch Center, China: CASC: Long March 5b: Wentian:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2804
Sun 24th July 2022: Kennedy Space Center, Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 4-25:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6954
This Week’s Other News:
China's new space station module docks, beefing up orbital science:
https://www.space.com/china-space-station-module-docks-tiangong
Huge Chinese rocket booster falling from space after launching space station module:
https://www.space.com/china-long-march-rocket-uncontrolled-reentry-wentian
NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket gets Aug. 29 launch date:
https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-rocket-launch-date-august-2022
Spacewalkers configure new space station robotic arm on rare Russian-European EVA:
https://www.space.com/iss-spacewalk-russian-european-robotic-arm
Russia says it will leave the International Space Station after 2024:
https://www.space.com/russia-leaving-international-space-station-2024
Blue Origin announces crew for 6th suborbital space tourism launch:
https://www.space.com/blue-origin-crew-ns-22-announced
'For All Mankind' to lift off for 4th season on Apple TV+:
https://www.space.com/for-all-mankind-renewed-season-four
Image Credits: NASA
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