A documentary which gives an overview of Skylab, the module due to be launched by NASA on May 14th, 1973. Arranged as follows: a look at the structure of Skylab using models and illustrations; the crew quarters habitability experiment, showing a 'crew member' performing various tasks inside a Skylab simulator - eating, 'housekeeping', shaving, strapping himself into seat, locking himself into deck with special shoe attachment, exercising, measurement of noise levels and temperature, sleeping, utilising radiation detectors, susupension of plastic plates to detect cosmic rays; magnetospheric particle composition experiment - detector foils on outside of Skylab module; underwater EVA [Extra-Vehicular Activity] simulation, retrieval of detectors; storage of foils in freezer; in-flight maintenance tools; molecular sieve; replacement of power cable in connecting tunnel; storage of various items, including food containers; microscope shot of human cells to illustrate microgravity biomedical research, likewise with

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