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Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicA short educational film which starts with a brief section of footage from the Skylab mission, launched in the summer of 1973 - pre-launch astronauts, brief launch footage, and examples of on-board experiments focussing on Owen Garriot's in-orbit science demonstrations. The rest of the film covers a lecture by Garriot to a class of high-school students, interspersed with film clips - astronauts float inside the Skylab module, diagram of the Earth's magnetic field, Garriot's on-board demonstration with free-floating magnets, measurement of the oscillation periods of a magnet, the effect of a magnet on a free-floating nut.
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