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A mini-mutiny of the mission’s crew. The stakes were already high. When Apollo 7 launched on October 11, 1968, it was the first time NASA sent astronauts into space since a cabin fire had killed ...
Rumors of a “mutiny” that took place aboard the Skylab space station in the 1970s have persisted for nearly half of a century. A cursory search turns up dozens of references to the event ...
Wikimedia Commons What happens when humans spend more than 84 days in space? One time ... Although the episode has been commonly called a “mutiny,” it wasn’t in the technical sense and ...
Listen 8:06 These three men make up the crew of the Skylab 4 mission. They are, left to right, scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot; astronaut Gerald P. Carr, commander; and astronaut ...