William R. Pogue, Astronaut Who Flew Longest Skylab Mission, Is Dead at 84

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 18:40 in Astronomy & Space

Colonel Pogue, the pilot for Skylab’s last manned mission in 1973, went on “strike” while in orbit to demand more free time to enjoy the view and to think.

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