STP144 - SMEAT - The Skylab Analog Mission - with John Uri - NASA History Office

<p>One final dose of Skylab history for a month or two, today we talk about SMEAT: the Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test, which was a 56 day earth analog simulation of a Skylab mission which took place from 26th July to 19th September in 1972 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The crew was Bob Crippen, Karol Bobko and William Thornton</p><br><p>To take a look at this we speak to John Uri, the manager of the NASA History Office at Johnson Space Center.</p><br><p>John Uri:</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-uri-85145545/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-uri-85145545/</a></p><br><p><strong>John’s SMEAT Articles:</strong></p><p>50 Years Ago: Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test Begins:</p><p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-skylab-medical-experiment-altitude-test-begins" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-skylab-medical-experiment-altitude-test-begins</a></p><p>50 Years Ago: 56-Day Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test Ends Successfully:</p><p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-56-day-skylab-medical-experiment-altitude-test-ends-successfully" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-56-day-skylab-medical-experiment-altitude-test-ends-successfully</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p>Full show notes: <a href="https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/</a></p><p>Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.</p><br><p>Image Credits:&nbsp;NASA</p><br><p>Space and Things:</p><p>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1</a></p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/5f4389f9e0d0e44f3c79a062/episodes/%C2%A0https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target