Searching for Skylab

Searching for Skylab
A promotional poster for Searching for Skylab
Directed byDwight Steven-Boniecki
Produced byAHAB Productions and 1080 Virtual Media Consulting
Narrated byLucas R. Lillpee
Release date
  • February 8, 2019 (2019-02-08)
Running time
98 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Searching for Skylab - America's Forgotten Triumph is a 2019 documentary about the 1970s American space station Skylab. It was written by Carl Alessi and directed by Dwight Steven-Boniecki and partly crowdfunded.[1][2]

Searching for Skylab was created to bring attention to the important role Skylab played in the development of human spaceflight programs. On Skylab, Steven-Boniecki said "hundreds of hours of video and audio recordings exist from it, yet it is unlikely that you've seen or heard much of it."[3]

A preview of the first working version of Searching for Skylab was screened at Spacefest, Tucson, AZ on July 5, 2018 to a crowd of space experts, astronauts and their families. Following a great reception, Boniecki completed filming and got the movie ready for its release on the 45th anniversary of the return of the last Skylab crew to Earth on February 8, 2019.[4]

Shortly before completion, a sneak peek of the movie’s working version was presented in November 2018 at the Science Late Show at the Kosmos Kino in Zürich.[5]

The film premiered at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on February 8, 2019, with Skylab astronauts Jack Lousma (Skylab 3) and Ed Gibson (Skylab 4) in attendance.[6] The movie was released online in March 2019 and is available on video on demand.

  1. ^ "Searching for Skylab". Spacefest. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ Speed, Richard (29 Mar 2019). "Searching for Skylab: Even the most casual astro-nerd will revel in this respectful elegy to unsung space history". The Register. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  3. ^ Pearlman, Robert Z. (12 March 2018). "'Searching for Skylab' Film Seeks to Return First US Space Station to Public View". Space.com. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  4. ^ "WZDX News, Searching for Skylab". YouTube. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  5. ^ Schwarz, Guido (5 November 2018). "Swiss preview of the documentary "Searching for Skylab"". Swiss Space Museum. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  6. ^ Roop, Lee (2019-02-07). "Astronauts will attend 'Searching for Skylab' documentary premiere". Retrieved 2019-06-06.