Skylab II Slideshow
Crew of Skylab II, from left to right: Alan Bean, Commander; Jack Lousma, Pilot; and Owen Garriott, Science Pilot.
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To freeze the slideshow, click any thumbnail below. All photos courtesy of NASA.
Crew of Skylab II, from left to right: Alan Bean, Commander; Jack Lousma, Pilot; and Owen Garriott, Science Pilot.
Launch of Skylab II, the second manned mission to Skylab, on a Saturn 1B rocket.
A closeup view of the Skylab space station. The Ilba Grande de Gurupa area of the Amazon River Valley of Brazil can be seen below.
Alan Bean does acrobatics aboard Skylab, in Earth orbit.
Alan Bean flies the Astronaut Maneuvering Equipment.
Alan Bean looks over the data acquisition camera.
Crew of Skylab II are shown eating in Earth orbit. Alan Bean, upside down on the right, illustrates eating under zero gravity. Owen Garriott is on the left and Jack Lousma is in the middle.
Owen Garriott trims Alan Bean's hair in Earth orbit. Alan Bean
holds a vacuum hose to suck in loose hair.
Alan Bean is seen near the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM). The Red Sea and the Nile River area on Earth are reflected in Alan's visor.
Skylab II Command Module after splash down in the Pacific Ocean about 230 miles southwest of San Diego, California.
NRL spectroheliograph image of the sun, taken aboard Skylab.
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