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Collection:
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Skylab and Earth Limb
Title
Skylab and Earth Limb
Title
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Full Description:
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An overhead view of the Skylab Orbital Workshop 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 the pale blue Earth. During launch on May 14, 1973, some 63 seconds into flight, the micrometeor shield on the Orbital Workshop (OWS) experienced a failure that caused it to be caught up in the supersonic air flow during ascent. This ripped the shield from the OWS and damaged the tie downs that secured one of the solar array systems. Complete loss of one of the solar arrays happened at 593 seconds when the exhaust plume from the S-II's separation rockets impacted the partially deployed solar array system. Without the micrometeoroid shield that was to protect against solar heating as well, temperatures inside the OWS rose to 126 degrees fahrenheit. The gold "parasol" clearly visible in the photo, was designed to replace the missing micrometeoroid shield, protecting the workshop against solar heating. The replacement solar shield was deployed by the Skylab I crew. This enabled the Skylab Orbital Workshop to fulfill all its mission objects serving as home to additional crews before being deorbited in 1978.
Full_Description
An overhead view of the Skylab Orbital Workshop 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 the pale blue Earth. During launch on May 14, 1973, some 63 seconds into flight, the micrometeor shield on the Orbital Workshop (OWS) experienced a failure that caused it to be caught up in the supersonic air flow during ascent. This ripped the shield from the OWS and damaged the tie downs that secured one of the solar array systems. Complete loss of one of the solar arrays happened at 593 seconds when the exhaust plume from the S-II's separation rockets impacted the partially deployed solar array system. Without the micrometeoroid shield that was to protect against solar heating as well, temperatures inside the OWS rose to 126 degrees fahrenheit. The gold "parasol" clearly visible in the photo, was designed to replace the missing micrometeoroid shield, protecting the workshop against solar heating. The replacement solar shield was deployed by the Skylab I crew. This enabled the Skylab Orbital Workshop to fulfill all its mission objects serving as home to additional crews before being deorbited in 1978.
Full Description
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Date:
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02/08/1974
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NASA Center:
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Johnson Space Center
NASA_Center
Johnson Space Center
NASA Center
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Subject Category:
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Skylab
Subject_Category
Skylab
Subject Category
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Keywords:
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Module
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Keywords:
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Apollo
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Keywords:
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S-II
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Keywords:
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Command
Keywords
Command
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Service
Keywords
Service
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Skylab
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Keywords:
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Orbital
Keywords
Orbital
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Workshop
Keywords
Workshop
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Solar
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Keywords:
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Shield
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Keywords:
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Micrometeoroid
Keywords
Micrometeoroid
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Array
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Keywords:
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Parasol
Keywords
Parasol
Keywords
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Audience:
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General Public
Audience
General Public
Audience
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Skylab
facet_what
Skylab
facet_what
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facet_what:
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PARASOL
facet_what
PARASOL
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_where
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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1978
facet_when
1978
facet_when
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facet_when:
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May 14, 1973
facet_when
May 14, 1973
facet_when
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facet_when:
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02-08-1974
facet_when
02-08-1974
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1978
facet_when_year
1978
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1973
facet_when_year
1973
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1974
facet_when_year
1974
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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SL4-143-4706
Image_#
SL4-143-4706
Image #
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original_url:
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original_url
original_url
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 1055
UID
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 1055
UID
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Center:
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JSC
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Center Number:
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SL4-143-4706
Center_Number
SL4-143-4706
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2000-001055
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2000-001055
GRIN DataBase Number
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Creator-Photographer:
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NASA
Creator-Photographer
NASA
Creator-Photographer
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Original Source:
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DIGITAL
Original_Source
DIGITAL
Original Source
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