Skylab Space Station


The Skylab space station, as seen from the Skylab 3 Command Module, (CM), during station-keeping maneuvers before docking. The primary docking port at the foward end of the Multiple Docking Adaptor, (center), is below the Apollo Telescope Mount (upper left). One solar array, (lower left), on the Orbital Workshop is seen afdter being successfully deployed during a spacewalk. Skylab 3 was alunched on July 28th, 1973, with three astronauts onboard. The Ilha Grande do Gurupa area of the Amazon River valley of Brazil is seen.


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