Film

Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph

7.020191h 38mUDocumentary History Family

Age rating: U
Director: Dwight Steven-Boniecki
Year: 2019

A remarkable true story of human space exploration

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting these pieces back together and re-tracing the Skylab program back to its very conception reveals the cornerstone of human space exploration.

Top cast

Joseph P. (Joe) Kerwin

Self - Skylab-2 Scientist Pilot (NASA Astronaut)

Paul J. Weitz

Self - Skylab-2 Pilot (NASA Astronaut)

Jack R. Lousma

Self - Skylab-3 Pilot (NASA Astronaut)

Owen Garriott

Self - Skylab-3 Scientist Pilot (NASA Astronaut)

Gerald P. (Jerry) Carr

Self - Skylab-4 Commander (NASA Astronaut)

Edward George Gibson

Self - Skylab-4 Scientist Pilot (NASA Astronaut)

Luboš Kohoutek

Self - Astronomer

Bruce McCandless II

Self - Skylab 2 Backup Crew & AMRV Co-developer (NASA Astronaut)

Vance D. Brand

Self - Skylab R - Rescue Commander (NASA Astronaut)

Directed by

Dwight Steven-Boniecki

Written by

Carl Alessi