Skylab 3 Science Pilot Owen Garriott Prepares a Meal
Scientist-astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, reconstitutes a pre-packaged container of food at the crew quarters ward room table of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) of the Skylab Space Station cluster. This picture was taken with a hand-held 35mm Nikon camera. Astronauts Garriott, Alan L. Bean and Jack R. Lousma remained with the Skylab Space Station in Earth orbit for a total of 59 days conducting numerous medical, scientific and technological experiments.
The food on Skylab was a great improvement over that on earlier spaceflights. It was no longer necessary to squeeze liquified food from plastic tubes. Skylab's kitchen was so equipped that each astronaut could select his own menu and prepare it to his own taste. Note the knife and fork on the food tray and the utensil with which Garriott stirs the food mixed with water. Skylab was NASA's first human space program which afforded the crew an opportunity to eat with the same type utensils used on Earth.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: SL3-111-1519
Date: Aug 6, 1973
Skylab 3 Science Pilot Owen Garriott Prepares a Meal
Scientist-astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, reconstitutes a pre-packaged container of food at the crew quarters ward room table of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) of the Skylab Space Station cluster. This picture was taken with a hand-held 35mm Nikon camera. Astronauts Garriott, Alan L. Bean and Jack R. Lousma remained with the Skylab Space Station in Earth orbit for a total of 59 days conducting numerous medical, scientific and technological experiments.
The food on Skylab was a great improvement over that on earlier spaceflights. It was no longer necessary to squeeze liquified food from plastic tubes. Skylab's kitchen was so equipped that each astronaut could select his own menu and prepare it to his own taste. Note the knife and fork on the food tray and the utensil with which Garriott stirs the food mixed with water. Skylab was NASA's first human space program which afforded the crew an opportunity to eat with the same type utensils used on Earth.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: SL3-111-1519
Date: Aug 6, 1973