Gerald Paul Carr, born August 22, 1932 in Denver, Colorado, is one of three rookie astronauts on Skylab 4, the third and last manned mission to the space station. He was one of the original 19 astronauts chosen by NASA in 1966. For over 4 years, Carr and his fellow Skylab 4 astronauts held the record for the longest stay in space, 184 days.
During the mission, the Skylab astronauts got worn out from their hectic work schedule and finally ceased radio transmissions to and from Mission Control for a day. NASA was furious, of course, but it did lead to some revising of work schedules and the astronauts ended up completing more work that originally planned.
Carr was on the rotation for Apollo 19 but the mission was cancelled in 1970.
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