Skylab: The Second Manned Mission

The Skylab launch activities and docking with the unmanned SL-1 workshop are graphically covered. Observations of various student experiments are detailed--including the Minchmog minnows and Arabella and spider. Crew medical experiments, exercise routines, and the enabling of the Earth Resources Experiments Package are detailed. Also covered in vivid detail are planet Earth documentation, manned operation of the Apollo Telescope Mount for observations of the sun and beyond, outside EVA (spacewalk) activity, testing of the Astronaut Maneuvering Unit, experiments to explore industrial uses of space, and the Skylab living routine.