Skylab Operations

Article

“Skylab Operations” by William C. Schneider
Published in Quest Volume: 30 #3 (2023)

Abstract

The Skylab Program was established as a precursor space station with the multiple objectives of proving the worth of a permanent space station, of exploring the physiological limits of [human] endurance in spaceflight, and conducting a series of space-oriented experiments.

The following, taken from the author’s 1976 PhD thesis, discusses several operational issues during the Skylab Program and how the program team and astronauts overcame them.

Citation

Schneider, William C. “Skylab Operations.” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly 30, no. 3 (2023): 15-30.