Abstract
The Skylab Program is expected to provide advanced technology to assist in the development of large, permanent space stations. Skylab consists of four modules; the Orbital Workshop (OWS) which provides crew quarters and commodities, the Airlock Module (AM) which provides power distribution, atmospheric conditioning and services for Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA), the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) which provides for Command and Service Module (CSM) docking, and the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) which is essentially a manned solar observatory. Skylab will carry on board a number of experiments in scientific, technological, engineering, and medical areas including those in the ATM. The ATM is also an experiment. Several types of data will be gathered from the experiments including film, samples, observations, as well as transducer and thermocouple measurements. There will also be data from Skylab subsystems measurements since several subsystems have never been flown. The total number of measurements from the experiments and the Skylab subsystems will exceed two thousand measurements, a large number of which will be operating for twenty-four hours per day over the entire mission of eight months.
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