SKYLAB SPACECRAF T NEWS REFERENCE COMMAND AND SERVICE MODULES Od ace Division Ri shall eter ‘nationalFOREWORD The Skylab Spacecraft News Reference was prepared by the Space Division of Rockwell International Corporation, Downey, California, in cooperation with NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, and the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. The book is divided into the following sections: 1. General information about the Skylab program, the command and service modules, a brief look at two important future United States space programs, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) and Space Shuttle, and a list of abbreviations used in this book. 2. A detailed description of the command and service modules, the spacecraft-lunar module adapter, and the two Skylab program launch vehicles, the Saturn V and the Saturn 1-B. 3. Detailed descriptions of the major subsystems of the command and service modules. 4. Brief descriptions of the experiments to be carried out by the three Skylab crews. In the third section, information on most of the subsystems follows this format: First, a general description of the system, its equipment, and its functions, followed by an equipment list containing all major data about key equipment. Then, a detailed description of the subsystem’s operation. The general description normally should provide the information needed about each subsystem. Photographs and illustrations in this volume are available for publication. Line drawings may be photographed directly from the book and, by noting page number and title, photographs may be ordered from: News Bureau Public Relations Department (AA34) Space Division 12214 Lakewood Boulevard Downey, California 90241CONTENTS PART 1 — GENERAL The Skylab Mission Skylab Spacecraft Beyond Skylab Apollo Space Log Abbreviations PART 2— VEHICLES Command Module Service Module Spacecraft-LM Adapter Launch Vehicles PART 3 — SUBSYSTEMS Displays and Controls Docking Earth Landing Electrical Power Environmental Control Launch Escape Reaction Control Service Propulsion Telecommunications Guidance and Control Stabilization and Control Guidance and Navigation Space Suit PART 4 — EXPERIMENTS Skylab Experiments - iii - Page 15 17 21 31 37 39 a 45 49 55 1 89 97 11 121 135 137 151 169 173