The crew of the first manned Skylab mission (l to r): Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot; Charles Conrad Jr., commander; and Paul J. Weitz, pilot.

In 1973 on this date, astronauts Pete Conrad and Paul Weitz (who, along with Joseph Kerwin, comprised the first crew aboard Skylab in orbit) went on a spacewalk outside the station to replace film cartridges in the station’s solar camera.