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Searching For Skylab
Searching For Skylab Podcast
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. But there is also another lesser-known space anniversary this year: 2019 is the 40th anniversary of when Skylab, America's first space station, came crashing down to earth. Existing under the long shadow of the moon landing, the Skylab missions are not exactly common mainstream knowledge. And yet they did great things for furthering our understanding of science, space, and long-term space travel. In this podcast, Skylab nerd, author, and filmmaker Dwight Steven-Boniecki shares his knowledge about what the Skylab missions were, the...
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Skylab began its descent earlier than expected, and ended up crashing down to earth over Western Australia. Dwight tells the story of the end of Skylab as a space station, and discusses the general public's reaction to the danger of being struck on the head by Skylab debris.
Published 05/23/19
Published 05/23/19
Dwight lists the astronauts who flew on the three manned Skylab missions, and tells some anecdotes about meeting some of them while making the "Searching For Skylab" documentary. In some cases, the interviews with the astronauts were the last time they spoke on the record about Skylab. The...
Published 05/06/19
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