Skylab Mission Report: Saturn Workshop, Marshall Space Flight Center - Technical and Engineering Details of Station Hardware, Subsystems, Experiments, Missions, Crew Systems

This official NASA internal document - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - provides comprehensive details about the Skylab Orbital Workshop - operations, anomalies, and much more.

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION * SECTION 2. CONFIGURATION * SECTION 3. MISSION SUMMARY * Saturn Workshop Launch * First Unmanned Period * First Manned Period * Activation * Operations * Deactivation * Second Unmanned Period * Second Manned Period * Activation * Operations * Deactivation * Third Unmanned Period * Third Manned Period * Activation * Operations * Deactivation * Tests and Orbital Storage * Mission Operations Support * Performance Summary * Accomplishments * SECTION 4. STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS * Structures * Primary Structures * Pressure Vessels * Secondary Structures * Mechanisms * Deployment * Doors * Anomalies * Workshop Meteoroid Shield * Workshop Solar Array * Solar Observatory Aperture Doors * SECTION 5. INSTRUMENTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS * Data Systems * Data Acquisition * data Recording * RF Transmission * Command Systems * Laboratory Digital Command System * Solar Observatory Digital Command System * Audio System * Television System * Laboratory Television * Solar Observatory Television * Caution and Warning System * Timing * Laboratory Time Reference System * Solar Observatory Time Reference System * Rendezvous, Ranging, and Docking Aids * Anomalies * Laboratory Low-Level Multiplexers * Laboratory Transmitter A * Solar Observatory RF Coaxial Switch * Audio System Channel B * Video Tape Recorder * Television Monitor * SECTION 6. ATTITUDE AND POINTING CONTROL * Attitude Control * System Requirements * System Design * Operational Modes * Mission Performance * System Performance * Solar Observatory Fine Pointing * System Description * System Operation * Anomalies * Rate Gyros * Control Moment Gyros * Star Tracker * SECTION 7. ELECTRICAL POWER * Mission Performance * Laboratory Power System * Solar Array * Power Conditioners * Power Distribution * Solar Observatory Power System * Solar Array * Power Conditioners * Power Distribution * Parallel Operations * Anomalies * Solar Array Power * Power Conditioners * Television Power Bus * SECTION 8. THERMAL CONTROL * Laboratory Thermal Control * Passive Thermal Control * Active Thermal Control * Auxiliary Systems * Suit Cooling * Equipment Cooling * Refrigeration * Solar Observatory Thermal Control * Anomalies * Laboratory Coolant Loops * Refrigeration Loops * SECTION 9. LABORATORY ATMOSPHERE * Gas Supply * Atmosphere Purification * Ventilating and Conditioning * Anomalies * Molecular Sieve Inverter * Water Condensate System * SECTION 10. CREW SYSTEMS * Habitability Provisions * Crew Stations * Water System * Waste System * Personal Hygiene * Sleep * Food System * Housekeeping * Trash Disposal * Debris Control * Mobility-Stability Aids * Stowage * Illumination * Crew Communications * Controls and Displays * Crew Operations of Experiments * Inflight Maintenance * Solar Observatory Film Retrieval * SECTION 11. CONTAMINATION * Induced Atmosphere * Operational Constraints * Measurement and Evaluation * Contaminant Effects * Solar Observatory Experiments * Earth Observation Experiments * Scientific Airlock Experiments * Other External Experiments * Windows * Star Tracker * Thermal Control Surfaces * Solar Arrays * SECTION 12. EXPERIMENTS

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