Monday, September 25, 2023

The Explorers' Club, № CMLXXXI

Operation AXIOM: The Space Race—The 50th Anniversary of Skylab 3, Part IV
22-25 September 1973: Bean & Garriott conducted an E.V.A. to retrieve film canisters from the Apollo Telescope Mount; the trio set a new spaceflight endurance record: fifty-eight days; after their bout with space sickness, they completed 150% of mission objectives, & left behind a surprise for the Skylab 4 crew; the unnamed C.M. splashed down in the Pacific & was recovered by the U.S.S. New Orleans.
Bonus! Space Race Song o' the Day: Skylab 3
The Hippos, "Going Home" from The Hippos (Space Cadet Mike Papa DSKY)
Semper exploro.

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