Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Skylab 2 Mission

File Description:
The Skylab space station was launched May 14, 1973, from the NASA Kennedy Space Center by a huge Saturn V launch vehicle, the moon rocket of the Apollo Space Program. Sixty-three seconds after liftoff, the meteoroid shield--designed also to shade Skylab's workshop --deployed inadvertently. It was torn from the space station by atmospheric drag. This event and its effects started a ten-day period in which Skylab was beset with problems that had to be conquered before the space station would be safe and habitable for the three manned periods of its planned eight-month mission. skylab 2 25 May 1973 13:00 GMT. Duration: 28.03 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: McCandless, Musgrave, Schweickart. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-206. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload : Apollo CSM 116. Mass: 19,979 kg. Location of Spacecraft: Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL. Perigee: 427 km. Apogee: 439 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.2 min. Epic repair mission which brought Skylab into working order. Included such great moments as Conrad being flung through space by the whiplash after heaving on the solar wing just as the debris constraining it gave way; deployment of a lightweight solar shield, developed in Houston in one week, which brought the temperatures down to tolerable levels. With this flight US again took manned spaceflight duration record.

Filename:	skylab2mission.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	7th January 2003, 04:31:25
Downloads:	907
Author:	Ronald Dandurand
Size:	4 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Skylab Mission 2 Mk2

File Description:
Skylab 2 mission 003 release. For the new NASSP-1B-3_02 update with accurate fuel volume on AS-206 csm. Accurate skylab station orbit at 50:00 deg 427 by 439 km altitude. Thanks to Joe Bar for is wenderfull NASSP-1B-3_02 update. More stuff here: http://members.lycos.co.uk/flightsimmer/orbiter.htm

Filename:	skylab2mission_110598.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	9th January 2003, 06:19:12
Downloads:	6,554
Author:	Ronald Dandurand
Size:	4 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
New Skylab 2, 3 And 4 Mission

File Description:
Skylab 2 25 May 1973 13:00 GMT. Duration: 28.03 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: McCandless, Musgrave, Schweickart. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-206. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload : Apollo CSM 116. Mass: 19,979 kg. Location of Spacecraft: Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL. Perigee: 427 km. Apogee: 439 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.2 min. Epic repair mission which brought Skylab into working order. Included such great moments as Conrad being flung through space by the whiplash after heaving on the solar wing just as the debris constraining it gave way; deployment of a lightweight solar shield, developed in Houston in one week, which brought the temperatures down to tolerable levels. With this flight US again took manned spaceflight duration record. When the meteoroid shield ripped loose, it disturbed the mounting of workshop solar array "wing" two and caused it to partially deploy. The exhaust plume of the second stage retro-rockets impacted the partially deployed solar array and literally blew it into space. Also, a strap of debris from the meteoroid shield overlapped solar array "wing" number one such that when the programmed deployment signal occurred, wing number one was held in a slightly opened position where it was able to generate virtually no power. In the meantime, the space station had achieved a near-circular orbit at the desired altitude of 435 kilometers (270 miles). All other major functions including payload shroud jettison, deployment of the Apollo Telescope Mount (Skylab's solar observatory) and its solar arrays, and pressurization of the space station occurred as planned. Scientists, engineers, astronauts, and management personnel at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and elsewhere worked throughout the first ten-day period of Skylab's flight to devise the means for its rescue. Simultaneously, Skylab--seriously overheating--was maneuvered through varying nose-up attitudes that would best maintain an acceptable "holding" condition. Because of the loss of the meteoroid shield, however, this positioning caused workshop temperatures to rise to 52 degrees Celsius (126 degrees F). During that ten-day period and for some time thereafter, the space station operated on less than half of its designed electrical system, in the partially nose-up attitudes, was generating power at reduced efficiency. The optimum condition that maintained the most favorable balance between Skylab temperatures and its power generation capability occurred at approximately 50 degrees nose-up. The crew rendezvoused with Skylab on the fifth orbit. After making substantial repairs, including deployment of a parasol sunshade which cooled the inside temperatures to 23.8 degrees C (75 degrees F), by June 4 the workshop was in full operation. In orbit the crew conducted solar astronomy and Earth resources experiments, medical studies, and five student experiments; 404 orbits and 392 experiment hours were completed; three EVAs totalled six hours, 20 minutes. Skylab 3 28 July 1973 11:10 GMT. Duration: 59.46 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: Brand, Lenoir, Lind. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-207. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload: Apollo CSM 117. Mass: 20,121 kg. Location of Spacecraft: NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH. Perigee: 422 km. Apogee: 442 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.2 min. Continued maintenance of the Skylab space station and extensive scientific and medical experiments. Installed twinpole solar shield on EVA; performed major inflight maintenance; doubled record for length of time in space. Completed 858 Earth orbits and 1,081 hours of solar and Earth experiments; three EVAs totalled 13 hours, 43 minutes. Skylab4 16 November 1973 14:01 GMT. Duration: 84.05 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: Brand, Lenoir, Lind. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-208. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload: Apollo CSM 118. Mass: 20,847 kg. Location of Spacecraft: National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC. Perigee: 422 km. Apogee: 437 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.1 min. Included observation and photography of Comet Kohoutek among numerous experiments. Completed 1,214 Earth orbits and four EVAs totalling 22 hours, 13 minutes. Increased manned space flight time record by 50%. Rebellion by crew against NASA Ground Control overtasking led to none of the crew ever flying again.

Filename:	skylab_mission.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	11th January 2003, 16:39:14
Downloads:	1,934
Author:	Ronald Dandurand
Size:	6 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Skylab Station

File Description:
The Skylab space station was launched May 14, 1973, from the NASA Kennedy Space Center by a huge Saturn V launch vehicle, the moon rocket of the Apollo Space Program. It was America's first space station. This addon compatible with Orbiter build 021202.

Filename:	skylab105.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	3rd December 2002, 01:33:46
Downloads:	6,490
Author:	Manuel Amorim aka McDope
Size:	1017 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Launchable Skylab Space Station

File Description:
This is a launchable version of Americas Skylab Space Station (1973-1979). It uses Vinkas multistage dll for simple staging and access to space. Requires latest NASSP, High res Saturn V and IB meshes as well as vinkas multistage dll.

Filename:	skylab.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	26th June 2003, 07:04:09
Downloads:	1,774
Author:	John Graves (use of vinkas multistage and mcdopes skylabmesh)
Size:	2.12 MB

Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
Moonport Apollo Facilities/Scenario Package

File Description:
This package accurately simulates the apollo era facilities of LC 34, LC 37 and LC 39. Included is: LC39 in apollo and skylab config. LC39 pad areas Driveable crawler (nassp mesh modifacation) Driveable mobile service strucutre (LC39) Vechicle Assembly Building interior for stacking ops. Meshed Crawlerway LC34 LC34 mobile service structure LC37 Earth 1965 and 1973 configurations to support mesh combination Scenarios for all manned US Space missions with apollo hardware (lunar program, skylab and ASTP) (unmanned to be released in updated Early Saturns package)

Filename:	moonport.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	11th January 2003, 04:54:16
Downloads:	4,739
Author:	John Graves (lc34 tower only by Brad Hodges, Skylab Scenarios by Ronald)
Size:	2.88 MB

Category: Flight Simulator X - Missions
Mission Polaire

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• mission_polaire-1.jpg

File Description: Hold on scientists from Thule, Greenland to Khanty Mansyisk, Russia. Be carefull, such temperatures could hurt your boeing. You'll need to be attentive and a real expert as pilot line to reach your destination. Good luck, your flight seems to be a flight for hell...

Filename:	mission_polaire.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	23rd December 2015, 12:30:01
Downloads:	460
Author:	Raph Grangier
Size:	47.04 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
SASSTO v1.0

File Description:
Phil Bono's littlest SSTO rocket was a modified Saturn S-IVB stage with a Gemini capsule atop it. You can fly the SASSTO around the earth, dock it to Skylab (not included), or to a fueling station (included!) to gas up and move beyond LEO. The choice is yours!

Filename:	sassto_v1.0.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	17th December 2003, 16:21:23
Downloads:	711
Author:	Erik Anderson (Sputnik)
Size:	377 KB

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Miscellaneous Files
Search & Rescue Mission

File Description:
This is a search and rescue operation involving a Martin 4 0 4 twin engine medium size plane. The plane was going to Gustovus for a complete paint job along with a major on the #2 engine, along with the fuel system being completely updated and reworked. This plane took off from Haines(PAHN) heading for Gustavus(PAGS) Both located in Juneau Alaska(sectional chart Juneau). Haines airport(PAHN) is default enhanced with some extra aircraft going out for the mission.

Filename:	haines_s&r.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	6th February 2004, 01:02:49
Downloads:	1,410
Author:	Frank Betts
Size:	1.37 MB

Category: Flight Simulator X - Utilities
Mission Category Modifier

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File Description: If you want to put all your downloaded missions into a new category, other than having to look for them in all the FSX default categories, just download and install cause that's exactly what this program does.

Filename:	mcm.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	8th May 2010, 00:56:27
Downloads:	3,567
Author:	Hugo Vieira
Size:	450 KB