| Spacewalks by the Skylab 2 Crew | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Skylab 2 Launch: | May 25, 1973 | Skylab 2 Docking: | May 25, 1973 |
| Skylab 2 Undocking: | June 22, 1973 | Skylab 2 Landing: | June 22, 1973 |
| Spacewalkers: | Charles Conrad <> Paul Weitz <> Joseph Kerwin | ||
| Skylab 2 Crew: | CDR Charles Conrad <> PLT Paul Weitz <> Scientist Joseph Kerwin | ||
| Skylab 2 Spacewalk 1 | The Skylab space station lost debris during lift-off on May 14, 1973 that resulted in losing one solar array and jamming a second solar array. The Skylab 2 spacecraft undocked and moved close to the jammed solar array. Weitz, standing from the Skylab 2 Command Module hatch, attempted to free the jammed solar array. His efforts were thwarted by having the wrong tools. | ||
| May 25, 1973 | |||
| 40 minutes | |||
| Skylab 2 Spacewalk 2 | Conrad and Kerwin used tools made from materials onboard Skylab to free the jammed solar array. They cut the strap that held the solar array shut, and used a tether to pull the solar array open. They also changed out film in a malfunctioning camera on the Apollo Telescope Mount, and pinned open a balky telescope aperture door. | ||
| June 7, 1973 | |||
| 3 hours 25 minutes | |||
| Skylab 2 Spacewalk 3 | Conrad and Weitz changed out film from the Apollo Telescope Mount solar telescopes for return to Earth, and replaced space exposure samples. Conrad used a hammer to free a stuck relay in a circuit breaker module. | ||
| June 19, 1973 | |||
| 1 hour 36 minutes | |||
| Spacewalks by the Skylab 3 Crew | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Skylab 3 Launch: | July 28, 1973 | Skylab 3 Docking: | July 28, 1973 |
| Skylab 3 Undocking: | September 25, 1973 | Skylab 3 Landing: | September 25, 1973 |
| Spacewalkers: | Alan Bean <> Jack Lousma <> Owen Garriott | ||
| Skylab 3 Crew: | CDR Alan Bean <> PLT Jack Lousma <> Scientist Owen Garriott | ||
| Skylab 3 Spacewalk 1 | Garriott and Lousma installed the Twin Pole Sunshade over the parasol installed by the Skylab 2 crew. Lousma changed out film in the Apollo Telescope Mount telescopes, removed a telescope aperture door ramp to prevent the door from sticking, and deployed the Micrometeoroid Particle Collection experiment. | ||
| August 6, 1973 | |||
| 6 hours 31 minutes | |||
| Skylab 3 Spacewalk 2 | Garriott and Lousma changed out all the film in the Apollo Telescope Mount telescopes, and installed a cable for a new rate gyro package that was installed on the space station's interior. They also attached a clipboard with two parasol material samples to a handrail, and removed two more ramps from faulty telescope aperture doors. | ||
| August 24, 1973 | |||
| 4 hours 31 minutes | |||
| Skylab 3 Spacewalk 3 | Bean and Garriott removed all the film from the Apollo Telescope Mount telescopes, performed partial film installation, and retrieved space exposure samples and collectors, including one parasol material sample from the clipboard. | ||
| September 22, 1973 | |||
| 2 hours 41 minutes | |||
| Spacewalks by the Skylab 4 Crew | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Skylab 4 Launch: | November 16, 1973 | Skylab 4 Docking: | November 16, 1973 |
| Skylab 4 Undocking: | February 8, 1974 | Skylab 4 Landing: | February 8, 1974 |
| Spacewalkers: | Gerald Carr <> William Pogue <> Edward Gibson | ||
| Skylab 4 Crew: | CDR Gerald Carr <> PLT William Pogue <> Scientist Edward Gibson | ||
| Skylab 4 Spacewalk 1 | Pogue and Gibson partially installed film in the Apollo Telescope Mount telescopes, installed the Coronagraph Contamination Measurements experiment and the Trans-Uranic Cosmic Ray Experiment detector. They also retrieved a meteoroid collector, repaired the Microwave Radiometer/Scatterometer/Altimeter antenna, and photographed the Earth's atmosphere. | ||
| November 22, 1973 | |||
| 6 hours 33 minutes | |||
| Skylab 4 Spacewalk 2 | Carr and Pogue attached the X-ray/ultraviolet Solar Photography experiment to the Apollo Telescope Mount truss and partially replaced film in the telescopes, retrieved space exposure samples, and pinned up another telescope aperture door. They also photographed Comet Kohoutek in ultraviolet, and repaired a telescope filter wheel. | ||
| December 25, 1973 | |||
| 7 hours 1 minute | |||
| Skylab 4 Spacewalk 3 | Carr and Gibson collected a piece of the Airlock Module meteoroid cover for analysis. They then repeated the Comet Kohoutek observations. | ||
| December 29, 1973 | |||
| 3 hours 29 minutes | |||
| Skylab 4 Spacewalk 4 | Carr and Gibson removed all the film from the Apollo Telescope Mount for return to Earth. They also collected space exposure samples, collectors and a camera. They photographed the Earth's atmosphere. The Micrometeoroid Particle Collection experiment was installed for a possible return to Earth by a Space Shuttle visit in the early 1980s. | ||
| February 3, 1974 | |||
| 5 hours 19 minutes | |||
| Key | |
|---|---|
| CDR | Commander |
| PLT | Command Module Pilot |
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