Owen Garriott
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Owen Kay Garriott was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Spac
Garriott in 1971
Garriott spacewalking at the Apollo Telescope Mount, after deploying Particle Collection S149 Experiment on an ATM solar panel
Owen with Richard, prior to his son's spaceflight
Garriott using an amateur radio during STS-9 training in 1983
Skylab 3
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Skylab 3 was the second crewed mission to the first American space station, Skylab. The mission began on July 28, 1973, with the launch of NASA astronauts Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma in
Owen Garriott
…22, 1930 – April 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983. After serving in the United States Navy, Garriott was an engineering professor…
Skylab as seen by the arriving Skylab 3 crew
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Skylab 3 heads into orbit aboard a Saturn IB.
Astronaut Jack Lousma participates in an EVA.