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Skylab 3 Close-Up

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Description

Description

A close-up view of the Skylab space station photographed against an Earth background from the Skylab 3 Command/Service Module during station keeping maneuvers prior to docking. The Ilba Grande de Gurupa area of the Amazon River Vally of Brazil can be seen below. Aboard the command module were astronauts Alan L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott, and Jack R. Lousma, who remained with the Skylab space station in Earth’s orbit for 59 days. This picture was taken with a hand-held 70mm Hasselblad camera using a 100mm lens and SO-368 medium speed Ektachrome film. Note the one solar array system wing on the Orbital Workshop (OWS) which was successfully deployed during extravehicular activity (EVA) by the first Skylab crew. The parasol solar shield which also was deployed by the first Skylab crew can be seen through the support struts of the Apollo Telescope Mount.

Date: July 28, 1973.

Details

Mission

Houston, we have no problem – Toucan Space 3 (August 2021)

Destination

space

Size

10×10cm (approximately 3.9×3.9 inches)