Gerald Carr

Gerald Carr was an American engineer, United States Marine Corps officer and NASA astronaut, born on 22 August 1932 and died on 26 August 2020. He commanded Skylab 4, the third and final crewed visit to the Skylab workshop, from 16 November 1973 to 8 February 1974. Carr and his crew spent 84 days in space, a new world record at that time. NASA selected him in 1966. He worked as CAPCOM for Apollo 8 and Apollo 12 and was in line to walk on the Moon as lunar module pilot of Apollo 19 before that mission was cancelled in 1970. Skylab 4 was his only spaceflight.

Born: 22 August 1932
Died: 26 August 2020
Country: United States
Flights: 2: Skylab (1973), Skylab 4 (1973)
Time in space: 84 days 1 hours

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

Events

Skylab
- Apollo spacecraft, Saturn V
Skylab was a Saturn V third stage turned into a house. Sixty-three seconds after liftoff the thin shield that was meant to protect it from meteoroids and sunlight tore away, taking one of its two solar arrays with it.
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