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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
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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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