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In 1969, Neil Armstrong, the commander of Apollo 11, became the first human to walk on the moon. Mr. Smylie took part in the Mercury, Apollo, Gemini, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and space shuttle programs.

Keywords Skylab, Apollo Command Module, biomedical experiments, weightlessness, cardiovascular studies, exercise capacity, sleep patterns, waste management, astronaut health, long-duration ...

Even with Skylab's relatively compact size -- 82 feet long without the Apollo transport modules attached, compared to the sprawling International Space Station's 356-foot length -- "very small ...

Apollo, Skylab, the Shuttle, and Artemis have all used mobile launch platforms, each tailored to the particular needs of the launch vehicle. Three Mobile Launchers (ML) were constructed for the ...

"Houston, Skylab 2 [here], we fix anything," mission commander Pete Conrad said enthusiastically, to ground controllers as a Saturn 1B carried his Apollo capsule and two other astronauts, Joseph ...

Dubbed Skylab in February 1970, a full-sized mockup was completed even before the final three Apollo missions, 18, 19, and 20, were canceled by Congress.

Skylab began as the Apollo Applications Program in 1968 with a mission objective to develop science-based human space missions utilizing hardware meant for the effort to land astronauts on the moon.

Skylab’s first crew was commanded by Gemini and Apollo 12 veteran Pete Conrad, who was joined by rookies Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz.