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Shot as the SL3 spacecraft began its rendezvous and flyaround with the space station on July 28, 1973.
SL3 was the second manned mission up to Skylab.
Crew:
--Alan Bean (commander)
--Jack Lousma (pilot)
--Owen Garriott (science pilot)
Launched July 28, 1973
Returned September 25, 1973
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This is probably my favorite shot of the station. The crazy angle underlines that there's really no "up" in space. To keep things simple, though, I define "Station Up" as "whichever way the Telescope Mount is pointing--in this case, the lower-right of the photo. "Station Right" follows the solar array at the top of the photo.
From a modeler's perspective, this picture's a goldmine. It's one of a few showing the station from below, so you get a good view of the truss structure--the "Deployment Assembly" or "DA", the Earth-observation antennas mounted on the underside of the Docking Adapter, and the bottom of the Telescope Mount and solar arrays.
Source at Archive.org
Skylab 3,Skylab views during rendezvous and flyaround. View from underneath Skylab showing external Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP) sensor packages and antennae. Original Film Magazine was labeled CX-10. Camera Data: 70mm Hasselblad; Lens 100mm; Film Type: S0-368 Medium Speed Ektachrome. Flight Date: July 28 - September 25,1973.
Filename sl3-114-1660.tif
Identifier sl3-114-1660
Nasaid sl3-114-1660
Rights Public Domain
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