Documentary about Skylab 4, the third and final crewed Skylab U.S. space station mission, entirely based on historical narration, mission audio and footage.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Skylab 4 Crew and Objectives
05:00 Launch
07:48 Skylab Docking
08:54 Day 7 EVA 1
11:18 Experiments
12:31 Sun & Earth Observations, AMU Tests
13:55 Day 40 Christmas in Space
14:23 Day 40 EVA 2 Christmas EVA
17:09 Day 41 Crew Offduty Day
18:20 Day 43 Comet Discussion With Dr. Kohoutek
18:58 Day 44 EVA 3 Comet Observations
20:37 Comet Kohoutek, Work Schedule Discussion
23:16 Day 47 New Year in Space
24:00 Science Demonstrations
27:16 Student Experiments
27:56 Day 82 EVA 4 Retrieval of Film and Experiments
30:57 Day 84 Final Day of Mission
31:36 Undock and Flyaround
32:37 Reentry and Splashdown
36:55 Mission Results


42:15 Mission Results

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The footage was AI upscaled (Topaz AI) on some segments, besides the usual color correction. Ambient audio was recreated based on historical elements. Sequences are shown in proper mission context as much as possible.

Historical narration (from mission commentary and NASA documentaries and progress reports) is used in an attempt to capture the feeling of the times. Language and attitudes should be seen in that context.

Research, cleanup, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.

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Skylab was the first United States space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate threeastronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation, and hundreds of experiments.

Unable to be reboosted by the Space Shuttle, which was not ready until 1981, Skylab's orbit eventually decayed, and it disintegrated in the atmosphere on July 11, 1979, scattering debris across the Indian Ocean and Western Australia.

Skylab 4 (also SL4 and SLM3) was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station.

The mission began on November 16, 1973, with the launch of Gerald P. Carr, Edward Gibson, and William R. Pogue in an Apollo command and service module on a Saturn IB rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and lasted 84 days, one hour and 16 minutes. A total of 6,051 astronaututilization hours were tallied by the Skylab 4 astronauts performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources, observation of the Comet Kohoutek and other experiments.

The crewed Skylab missions were officially designated Skylab 2, 3, and 4. Miscommunication about the numbering resulted in the mission emblems reading "Skylab I", "Skylab II", and "Skylab 3" respectively

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