Skylab: Airlock Module
Part 1: America's First Space Station ( • Skylab Part1: America's First Space S... )
Part 2: First Crew ( • Skylab Part2: First Crew )
Part 3: Operational ( • Skylab Part3: Operational )
Extras:
-Skylab: Apollo Telescope Mount ( • Skylab: Apollo Telescope Mount )
-Skylab: Structural Transition Section ( • Skylab: Structural Transition Section... )
-Skylab: Multiple Docking Adapter ( • Skylab: Multiple Docking Adapter )
-Skylab: Airlock Module (this video)
-Skylab: Orbital WorkShop 2nd Floor ( • Skylab: Orbital Workshop 2nd Floor )
-Skylab: Orbital WorkShop 2nd Floor Dome ( • Skylab: Orbital Workshop 2nd Floor Dome )
-Skylab: Orbital WorkShop 1st Floor Experiment Support System ( • Skylab: 1st Floor Experiment Support ... )
-Skylab: Orbital Workshop 1st Floor Trash/Shower/Rotating Chair/LBPN/Bike/Dosimeter ( • Skylab: 1st Floor (Trash / Shower / R... )
-Skylab: Orbital Workshop 1st Floor Wardroom ( • Skylab: Orbital Workshop Wardroom )
-Skylab: Orbital Workshop 1st Floor Head / Sleep Compartment ( • Skylab: 1st Floor Head and Sleep Comp... )
-Skylab: External Tour ( • Skylab: External Tour )
Skylab was America's first space station. Shortly after launch the micrometeoroid shield ripped off exposing the shiny gold layer underneath. As the shield tore away, one of the main solar arrays partially deployed. During staging, a retrorocket exhaust hit the partially deployed arrays completely ripping it off the spacecraft.
The Airlock Module (AM) was located between the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) and the Orbital Workshop (OWS). The AM was could be sealed off from the rest of the space station and depressurized to support space walks. The outer door was based upon a Gemini spacecraft hatch. Astronauts performed space walks to change film on the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), to perform maintenance, and to conduct experiments.
Airlock panels in view:
--313: Cabin Pressure Relief Valve
--316: EVA support control panel
--317: EVA panel 1
--320: TV Station
--323: EVA panel 2
--390: Control Panel (M509 bottle refill, lighting, OWS heat exchanger fans, Utility Power)
ATM doors in view:
--S-056 X-Ray telescope
--S-054 X-Ray telescope
--S-082A Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroheliograph
--S-082B Ultraviolet Spectrograph
--S-020 X-ray and extreme ultraviolet camera
--S-055 Ultraviolet Spectroheliometer
--S-052 White Light Coronagraph
--H-alpha no. 1 Hydrogen-Alpha Telescope
--H-alpha no. 2 Hydrogen-Alpha Telescope
Skylab 1: The Workshop
-Launch: May 14, 1973
-Deorbit: July 11, 1979
-Mass: 168,750 lbs without Apollo CSM
-Inclination: 50 deg
-Altitude: about 270 miles
Skylab 2 (crew mission 1)
-Crew: Pete Conrad (Apollo 12), Joe Kerwin, Paul Weitz
-Launch Date (original): May 15, 1973
-Launch Date (actual): May 25, 1973. Delayed to work out repair procedures and to build/develop special tools.
-Mission Days: 28
Skylab 3 (crew mission 2)
-Crew: Alan Bean (Apollo 12), Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma
-Launch Date: July 28, 1973
-Mission Days: 60
Skylab 4 (crew mission 3)
-Crew: Pete Conrad (Apollo 12), Gerald Carr, Ed Gibson, William Pogue
-Launch Date: Nov 16, 1973
-Mission Days: 84
Animation notes:
-Animation done in Blender with all models built by me. Used the lower quality EEVEE engine to reduce render times. But I did use 30 frames per second for the Skylab series vs 24 FPS I have used in previous Apollo videos.
-Skylab Modeling is in the undamaged state. My models shows both main arrays and the shield in place. However I did not animate the deployment of the shield. If the actual shield deployed, it would slightly lift off the surface all around the vehicle
-I did not model the thermal blanket at the base of the airlock module in order for you to see the details underneath the blanket.
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