Skylab: 1st Floor Head and Sleep Compartment (A Blender Animation)

Опубликовано: 20 Май 2026
на канале: Drew Swenson
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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 Orbital Workshop (OWS) had 2 floors. This video focuses on the first floor.

Head Panels in View:
--800: waste management compartment (WMC) control pnl
--801: intercom box
--803: utility power out
--817: waste processor control pnl
--818: vent/urine dump processor
--825: fecal/urine collector
--831: waste dump valve

Sleep Compartment Panels in view:
--901/902/903: intercom

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