1973 NASA Lithograph "Skylab Silhouetted Against Earth"
1973 NASA Lithograph "Skylab Silhouetted Against Earth" is a vintage Lithographs / Prints artifact by U.S. Government Printing Office / NASA from 1973, preserved in The Record Institute Ephemera Archive.
Category: Lithographs / Prints
Brand: U.S. Government Printing Office / NASA
Year: 1973
Rarity Class: B
This official 1973 NASA lithograph (JSCL-110) captures the Skylab space station in Earth orbit, bearing the visible scars and triumphs of its historic launch and subsequent orbital rescue. Printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office in the same year the photograph was taken, the artifact serves as a tangible, first-generation record of the Skylab 2 crew's final fly-around inspection.
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Original 1973 U.S. Government Printing Office lithograph of the Skylab 1 space station. Photographed from the Skylab 2 Command/Service Module during the final departure fly-around in June 1973. Clearly displays the makeshift gold parasol deployed to replace the torn micrometeoroid shield. Shows the single remaining solar array, freed by astronauts during a high-stakes spacewalk. Bears official Joh
Summary
This official 1973 NASA lithograph (JSCL-110) captures the Skylab space station in Earth orbit, bearing the visible scars and triumphs of its historic launch and subsequent orbital rescue. Printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office in the same year the photograph was taken, the artifact serves as a tangible, first-generation record of the Skylab 2 crew's final fly-around inspection.
