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·50 years ago, Two automatic chronographs return from space!
February 8, 1974 as the third and final manned Skylab space station mission SL-4 safely returned to Earth with a splash-down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, awaited by the US Navy amphibious assault ship USS New Orleans.
Each of the Skylab-4 astronauts used an extra personal wristwatch during NASA Skylab training;
Gerald Carr: Movado Datachron HS-360 automatic chronograph
William Pogue: Seiko 6139-6005 automatic chronograph
Edward Gibson: Omega Speedmaster Mark II chronograph
We know for sure both Gerald Carr and William Pogue wore their automatic chronograph onboard the Skylab space station (Orbital Work Shop OWS) during 84 days 1 hour 15 minutes between November 1973 and February 1974.
However, onboard SL-4 space station photos don't reveal if Ed Gibson wore his personal Omega Speedmaster Mk II chronograph in space.
Less than 24 hours after splash-down, Gibson's Speedmaster Mk II can be seen on his wrist upon return to Houston Texas in a February 9, 1974 photo (Deke Slayton in the background).
NASA astronaut/physicist Edward G. Gibson, aged 87 is still going strong and I always wondered if someone ever asked him this question if he also flew a personal watch during Skylab-4 ?
(Photos: NASA) #MoonwatchUniverse
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February 8, 1974 as the third and final manned Skylab space station mission SL-4 safely returned to Earth with a splash-down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, awaited by the US Navy amphibious assault ship USS New Orleans.
Each of the Skylab-4 astronauts used an extra personal wristwatch during NASA Skylab training;
Gerald Carr: Movado Datachron HS-360 automatic chronograph
William Pogue: Seiko 6139-6005 automatic chronograph
Edward Gibson: Omega Speedmaster Mark II chronograph
We know for sure both Gerald Carr and William Pogue wore their automatic chronograph onboard the Skylab space station (Orbital Work Shop OWS) during 84 days 1 hour 15 minutes between November 1973 and February 1974.
However, onboard SL-4 space station photos don't reveal if Ed Gibson wore his personal Omega Speedmaster Mk II chronograph in space.
Less than 24 hours after splash-down, Gibson's Speedmaster Mk II can be seen on his wrist upon return to Houston Texas in a February 9, 1974 photo (Deke Slayton in the background).
NASA astronaut/physicist Edward G. Gibson, aged 87 is still going strong and I always wondered if someone ever asked him this question if he also flew a personal watch during Skylab-4 ?
(Photos: NASA) #MoonwatchUniverse
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