Followi the sad news that Gerald Carr passed away shortly after his 88th birthday on 26th August, we decided that we would take a look at his life and the mission he commanded: Skylab 4. We were fortunate to hear from one of his crew mates on that mission Dr. Ed Gibson.Skylab 4 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnB1yQ4zylYDavid Shayler's "Around The World In 84 Days" Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Around-World-Days-Authorized-Biography/dp/189495940XButter Cookie Recipe: https://anodysseyofflavors.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/space-food-and-skylab-butter-cookies/Gerald 'Jerry' Carr Obituaries:https://www.newcomeralbany.com/Obituary/188631/Gerald-Carr/Albany-NYhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/skylab-astronaut-gerald-jerry-carr-dies-at-88/https://www.manchesterjournal.com/stories/manchesters-astronaut-jerry-carr-dead-at-88,612825Space X:Falcon 9 Launches:Saocom 1B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-gLOsDjE3E (Polar Orbit) - 31st AugStarlink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j4xR7LMCGY - Sept 3rdStarship SN6 150meter hop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdAKrzOLQTg - Sept 4thSLS Booster Test:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWzx8LGP9K8 - Sept 2ndESA:Vega Launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QFd7ViK2zg - Sept 2ndULA:Delta Heavy Scrub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3f-rFA5Wp8 - Aug 29thLong March 4B First stage unsafe return:https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1302933386990891008?s=20 - Sept 7thSpace and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: [email protected] CarneyA veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarneyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilycarneyspace/Dave GilesGiles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.Full info: https://www.davejgiles.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgilesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/davejgilesmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/davejgilesSpace and Things is brought to you And Things Productions https://www.andthingsproductions.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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