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:

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-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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