“The Artist & The Astronaut” Illuminates Space and Human History
<p>As a military member, Carr was dedicated to being a “Cold Warrior”; later, as an astronaut, he was dedicated to beating the Soviets in another public arena — spaceflight. While NASA was ultimately successful in beating its Cold War opponents to the Moon, the decade in full left little social resonances upon Carr, who spent the end of the decade trying to figure out what the hell had happened to Apollo 12’s Saturn V on its way to space (spoiler: it had been struck by lightning…twice. The crew did just fine thanks to an acronym we all know and love). Enter the 1970s, and Carr was also disconnected from upheavals in the world thanks to a new assignment: commander of Skylab 4, the longest spaceflight in duration to date aboard the first U.S. space station.</p>
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