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Suiting Up for First Skylab Mission – May 1973

Paul Weitz and Joe Kerwin try on their spacesuits at Johnson Space Center during training
Two members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission assist each other in suiting up in Building 5 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston during a pre-launch training activity. They are scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin (left), science pilot, and astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot.

Two members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission assist each other in suiting up in Building 5 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston during a pre-launch training activity. They are scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin (left), science pilot, and astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot. The third member of the crew was astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr., commander.

Image Credit: NASA