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Joe Kerwin, Pete Conrad, and Paul Weitz wear tan flight suits while at the control panel for the Apollo Telescope Mount in the Training Facility in Houston Texas.

Skylab Astronauts – “Open House” Press Day – SL Mockup – MSC

S72-17512 (19 Jan. 1972) --- These three men are the crewmen for the first manned Skylab mission. They are astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, standing left; scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, seated; and astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot. They were photographed and interviewed during an "open house" press day in the realistic atmosphere of the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) trainer in the Mission Simulation and Training Facility at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). The control and display panel for the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) is at right. Photo credit: NASA

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