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Middle: Gibson, right, prepares to draw a blood sample from Carr for a medical experiment. Gibson during a Lower Body Negative Pressure test of his cardiovascular system. Right: Gibson, left, performs an oral exam on William R. Gibson performs a session on the rotating chair to test his vestibular system’s response to weightlessness. Carr exercises on the Thornton treadmill. Grechko did so, completing a 96-day mission aboard Salyut-6. Indeed, four years later Soviet cosmonauts Yuri V. Truly that records are made to be broken and sooner or later someone would break theirs. Low sent congratulatory messages to the astronauts for breaking the old records and “especially for the outstanding work you have done and are continuing to do in the field of space science, space applications, and in learning about man’s reaction to space.” After receiving the congratulations, Carr told capsule communicator (capcom) Richard H. Fletcher and Deputy Administrator George M. Bean’s record of 69 days for cumulative time that he had accrued over his two missions. 14, they surpassed the Skylab 3 crew’s 59-day mark for the longest single spaceflight, and 11 days later passed Alan L. Slayton congratulated them, saying “As far as we’re concerned down here, you’re doing an outstanding job all the way. 4, they surpassed Charles “Pete” Conrad’s 49-day mark for cumulative time in space – what took Conrad four missions to accumulate, the Skylab 4 trio accomplished in just one. Pogue on one finger.ĭuring January, Carr, Gibson, and Pogue surpassed all previous human spaceflight endurance records. Right: Carr demonstrates his strength in weightlessness by “supporting” William R. Gibson performs an in-depth inspection of his spacesuit. Carr conducts an “Upper Body Negative Pressure” test on one of his fellow crew members. On the ground, mission managers held the 56-day review of the mission and based on the crew’s health, the station’s condition, and the amount of consumables, declared the mission go for 84 days, although strictly speaking, managers and flight surgeons approved the mission’s extension one week at a time.Ī little levity in weightlessness. 10, Carr, Gibson, and Pogue enjoyed a day off from their regular science and maintenance tasks, with planners scheduling only one third of their time, freeing them to pursue their own activities. Blaha‘s four-month stay aboard the Mir space station in 1996-7. No American astronaut would repeat that for 23 years, until John E. 1, 1974, Carr, Gibson, and Pogue celebrated the coming of the new year, the first crew to observe that holiday in space along with Thanksgiving and Christmas. Taking some time out on their off-duty days, they enjoyed weightlessness in their spacious home. They accomplished all their tasks and even more, and no longer felt rushed or like they made mistakes. 30 exchange of information and ideas during the space-to-ground conference regarding the crew’s scheduling, the astronauts felt that the second six weeks of their mission transpired much more smoothly than the first six. Carr adjusts the Multispectral Photographic Camera System, part of the Earth Resources Experiment Package.įollowing the Dec. Gibson’s sketch of Comet Kohoutek, based on his observations. Left: Image of the Sun’s corona taken by the Apollo Telescope Mount spectroheliometer instrument.

They began preparations for their own return to Earth. Carr and Gibson completed the final Skylab spacewalk to bring inside external science experiments and the last film cassettes for return to Earth.

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Mission managers monitored the station’s and the astronauts’ health and weekly concurred with extending the mission to its full duration as the astronauts accomplished a record number of science observations of the Sun, the Earth, Comet Kohoutek, and themselves. By the end of January, the three rookies held the records for the longest single space flight and the most cumulative time spent in space. Pogue began the new year of 1974 roughly halfway through their planned 84-day mission.