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STP144 - SMEAT - The Skylab Analog Mission - with John Uri - NASA History Office
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One final dose of Skylab history for a month or two, today we talk about SMEAT: the Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test, which was a 56 day earth analog simulation of a Skylab mission which took place from 26th July to 19th September in 1972 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The crew was Bob Crippen, Karol Bobko and William Thornton
To take a look at this we speak to John Uri, the manager of the NASA History Office at Johnson Space Center.
John Uri:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-uri-85145545/
John’s SMEAT Articles:
50 Years Ago: Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test Begins:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-skylab-medical-experiment-altitude-test-begins
50 Years Ago: 56-Day Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test Ends Successfully:
Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp144-smeat-the-skylab-analog-mission-with-john-uri-nasa-history-office
Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.
Image Credits: NASA
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Manage episode 364884746 series 2790405
One final dose of Skylab history for a month or two, today we talk about SMEAT: the Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test, which was a 56 day earth analog simulation of a Skylab mission which took place from 26th July to 19th September in 1972 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The crew was Bob Crippen, Karol Bobko and William Thornton
To take a look at this we speak to John Uri, the manager of the NASA History Office at Johnson Space Center.
John Uri:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-uri-85145545/
John’s SMEAT Articles:
50 Years Ago: Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test Begins:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-skylab-medical-experiment-altitude-test-begins
50 Years Ago: 56-Day Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test Ends Successfully:
Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp144-smeat-the-skylab-analog-mission-with-john-uri-nasa-history-office
Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.
Image Credits: NASA
Space and Things:
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/
Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings
Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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