STP144 - SMEAT - The Skylab Analog Mission - with John Uri - NASA History Office

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 ThorntonTo 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-begins50 Years Ago: 56-Day Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test Ends Successfully:https://www.nasa.gov/feature/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-officeShow notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: NASASpace and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: [email protected] this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.