A much overlooked mission. Conrad and Bean went on to command Skylab. Has anyone tried to deny how the first crew to dock had to salvage a damaged station with a procedure that had never been rehearsed in training?
Yes, they all just say it's done with green screen/CGI in a swimming pool.
The Skylab2 mission was delayed for ten days while the crew trained up on the new procedures required to deploy a heatshield parasol and release the remaining solar panel that had got jammed during launch. The other main solar panel had been torn off with the original heatshield during launch.
So, not quite accurate to say they never rehearsed or trained for it.