1973 Photograph "SKYLAB, 2nd MANNED SPACE FLIGHT"
1973 Photograph "SKYLAB, 2nd MANNED SPACE FLIGHT" is a vintage Lithographs / Prints artifact by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) from 1973, preserved in The Record Institute Ephemera Archive.
Category: Lithographs / Prints
Brand: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Year: 1973
Rarity Class: C
This official NASA photographic print captures the wounded but functional Skylab space station as seen by the approaching crew of the second manned mission in the summer of 1973. Bearing the precise typographic imprint "SKYLAB, 2nd MANNED SPACE FLIGHT / A view of the Skylab Space Station taken prior to docking," it serves as a primary visual document of orbital salvage, capturing the makeshift parasol sunshade that saved the program.
Quick Read
Subject: An original photograph of the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. Mission Context: Explicitly identified by the printed caption as the "2nd MANNED SPACE FLIGHT," corresponding to the Skylab 3 mission launched in July 1973. Visual Evidence: The station is visibly missing its right solar array and features the gold parasol sunshade deployed by the first crew, matching the exact chronologic
Summary
This official NASA photographic print captures the wounded but functional Skylab space station as seen by the approaching crew of the second manned mission in the summer of 1973. Bearing the precise typographic imprint "SKYLAB, 2nd MANNED SPACE FLIGHT / A view of the Skylab Space Station taken prior to docking," it serves as a primary visual document of orbital salvage, capturing the makeshift par
