The Skylab 3 mission launched #50YearsAgo today with astronauts Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott on board, ready for a record-breaking 59-day mission furthering science on the Skylab space station. #Skylab50

Revisit Skylab 3: https://go.nasa.gov/44xOaSR
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The Skylab 3 mission launched #50YearsAgo today with astronauts Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott on board, ready for a record-breaking 59-day mission furthering science on the Skylab space station. #Skylab50

Revisit Skylab 3: https://go.nasa.gov/44xOaSR
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#50YearsAgo today, the Skylab 2 crew said goodbye to Skylab and prepared for their return to Earth, taking this photo of the station that had been their home for the last 26 days.

Despite the slow start on the damaged station, they had salvaged the program, managed to accomplish the majority of their science goals, and broke the space endurance record during their stay! #Skylab50

Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-skylab-2-astronauts-splash-down-after-record-breaking-28-day-mission
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#50YearsAgo today, the Explorer 49 satellite launched toward the Moon to study low-frequency radio emissions from our solar system and beyond.

With its antennas deployed it measured 457.2 m, making it the largest human-made object to orbit the Moon. https://go.nasa.gov/3OWKLI9
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#50YearsAgo today, the Skylab 2 crew began to activate Skylab, moving into the Orbital Workshop (OWS), where it was about 55°C (130°F). It took hours to assemble and deploy the parasol through the scientific airlock.

Once deployed, the OWS's temperature began to drop. #Skylab50
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Astronauts Pete Conrad, Paul Weitz, and Joe Kerwin, the first Skylab crew, launched in an Apollo spacecraft to the damaged space station #50YearsAgo today. 🚀 #Skylab50

Task #1: Save Skylab!
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Picasso – the end of an age
9 April 1973

If ever an artist shaped an epoch it was Pablo Picasso.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/05/pablo-picasso-dies-at-home-in-france-1973

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#50YearsAgo today at 9:11 PM EST, Pioneer 11 launched from @NASAKennedy. The first spacecraft to study Saturn up close, it is one of five NASA spacecraft on a trajectory out of the solar system and carries a pictorial plaque about where it came from.
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A fitting YouTube video to watch today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=627aciBA2E8 #dsotm #50yearsago

One of the original Mercury 7 selected in 1959 but sidelined due to a heart condition, Deke Slayton was named for the primary crew for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project along with Tom Stafford, and Vance Brand #50YearsAgo today.

More: https://go.nasa.gov/3HjMge7
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Let's see how nauseous you get 😵

The Human Vestibular Function experiment used a spinning chair to test Skylab astronauts' susceptibility to motion sickness, before, during, and after their time in space. #50YearsAgo

More on Skylab medical experiments: https://go.nasa.gov/3k4jtCz
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#1973 #50YearsAgo Spring semester 2nd grade at Bayless; Fall 3rd grade at C.N. Hodges in Lubbock. Moved from 2 bedroom apartment to 3 bedroom apartment. Started in Cub Scouts. Still had serious, life-threatening asthma and allergies.

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50 Years ago today: Apollo 17 astronauts lifted off the surface of the Moon and began their journey home.

#nasa #apollo #apollo17 #liftoff #moon #lunar #anniversary #50yearsago #spaceflight

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50 Years ago today: Apollo 17 astronauts lifted off the surface of the Moon and began their journey home.

#nasa #apollo #apollo17 #liftoff #moon #lunar #anniversary #50yearsago #spaceflight
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50 Years ago today: Apollo 17 astronauts lifted off the surface of the Moon and began their journey home.

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50 Years ago today: Apollo 17 astronauts lifted off the surface of the Moon and began their journey home.

#nasa #apollo #apollo17 #liftoff #moon #lunar #anniversary #50yearsago #spaceflight

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“The Blue Marble,” one of the most reproduced and influential images in history, was taken #50YearsAgo today by the #Apollo17 crew on their way to the Moon. #Apollo50th #photography

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“The Blue Marble,” one of the most reproduced and influential images in history, was taken #50YearsAgo today by the #Apollo17 crew on their way to the Moon. #Apollo50th #photography

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“The Blue Marble,” one of the most reproduced and influential images in history, was taken #50YearsAgo today by the #Apollo17 crew on their way to the Moon. #Apollo50th #photography

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“The Blue Marble,” one of the most reproduced and influential images in history, was taken #50YearsAgo today by the #Apollo17 crew on their way to the Moon. #Apollo50th #photography

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