The Explorers' Club, № CMXCII

Operation AXIOM: The Space Race—The 50th Anniversary of Skylab 4, Part I
16-17 November 1973: Skylab 4 lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, with CDR Jerry Carr, Science Pilot Ed Gibson, & Pilot Bill Pogue aboard an unnamed Apollo C.S.M. atop a Saturn IB rocket; the trio were N.A.S.A.'s first all-rookie crew since Gemini VIII (March 1966); the rookies tried to conceal Pogue's space sickness from the flight surgeons, but truth will out & they were reprimanded.

Bonus! Space Race Song o' the Day: Skylab 4
MxPx, "First Day of the Rest of Our Lives" from Before Everything and After (Mike Papa DSKY)

Commentary: Your eyes do not deceive you, dear reader, the Skylab 4 mission patch is emblazoned with the crew's names & "Skylab 3." Miscommunication within N.A.S.A. meant that the three manned missions were officially designated Skylab 2, Skylab 3, & Skylab 4, while the crew patches read "Skylab I," "Skylab II," & "Skylab 3."

Semper exploro.