Image: U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (KSC-2014-1768)
Description: The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the site for a wreath laying ceremony for former NASA astronaut William R. Pogue. Col. Pogue, pilot on NASA's Skylab 4 mission in 1973-74, died March 3. He was 84 years old. Skylab 4 was the third and final manned visit to the Skylab orbital workshop, launched Nov. 16, 1973, and concluded Feb. 8, 1974. At 84 days, 1 hour and 15 minutes, Skylab 4 was the longest manned space flight to that date. Pogue was accompanied on the record-setting 34.5-million-mile flight by Commander Gerald P. Carr and science-pilot Dr. Edward G. Gibson. They conducted dozens of experiments and science demonstrations during their 1,214 orbits of Earth. Pogue logged 13 hours and 31 minutes in two spacewalks outside the orbital workshop.
Title: U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (KSC-2014-1768)
Credit: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=68246 (image link)
Author: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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