Skylab Technical Crew Debriefing 1973

Summary

Eleven-page NASA technical crew debriefing, JSC-08053 for Skylab 1/2, dated June 30, 1973 and prepared by the Training Office of the Crew Training and Simulation Division at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston; the file also carries sections headed JSC-08478 (Skylab 1/3, October 4, 1973) and JSC-08809 (Skylab 1/4). Under the heading Unusual or Unexpected Visual Phenomenon, Kerwin, Conrad, and Weitz describe light flashes seen mostly with eyes closed or in peripheral vision, debating whether they were cosmic particles or connected to the South Atlantic anomaly and agreeing they were not hallucinations. Bean, Lousma, and Garriott report tracking a bright reddish object, far brighter than any planet, that rotated with an approximately ten-second period and held a similar orbit for about ten minutes; its identity was never explained. Medical supplies and EVA anomalies are also covered.