Thursday, February 8, 2024

The Explorers' Club, № MX

Operation AXIOM: The Space Race—The 50th Anniversary of Skylab 4, Part V
3-8 February 1974: Carr & Gibson conducted an E.V.A. to retrieve film canisters from the Apollo Telescope Mount; the trio set a new spaceflight endurance record: eighty-four days; after the rocky first half of the mission, productivity increased markedly & the crew exceeded all of their objectives; 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 4
They Might Be Giants, "Another First Kiss" from Mink Car (Space Cadet Mike Papa DSKY)
Semper exploro.

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