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   Photo ID:

   SL4-143-4707   


   Program:

   Skylab   


   Mission:

   Skylab IV


   Date Taken:

   1974-02-08


   Film Type:

   70mm

Title:
View of Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit from CSM
Description:
An overhead view of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit as photographed from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during the final fly-around by the CSM before returning home. The space station is contrasted against a cloud-covered Earth. Note the solar shield which was deployed by the second crew of Skylab and from which a micrometeoroid shield has been missing since the cluster was launched on May 14, 1973. the OWS solar panel on the left side was also lost on workshop launch day.
Subject Terms:
EARTH (PLANET) EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) ONBOARD ACTIVITIES ORBITAL SPACE STATIONS ORBITS PHOTOGRAPHY SKYLAB 4 SKYLAB PROGRAM
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