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One of the most colorful of NASA's first astronauts, Pete Conrad, veteran of the Gemini 5, 11, and Apollo 12 missions, was also the commander of Skylab 2. In this photo taken 50 years ago today, he tries out the Skylab shower. #Skylab50

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