SKYLAB (SL)-2 PRIME CREW - BLDG. 5 - JSC
S73-20713 (1 March 1973) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the first manned Skylab mission, wipes perspiration from his face following an exercise session on the bicycle ergometer during Skylab tra... More
ASTRONAUT CONRAD, CHARLES - SKYLAB (SL)-2 - JSC
S73-24369 (17 April 1973) --- The three members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission discuss their scheduled flight before a gathering of news media representatives, in building 1 auditorium, Ap... More
Astronaut Jack Lousma at table with crew and flight surgeon before tra...
S73-27770 (1 May 1973) --- Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, sits at a table with fellow crewmen and the flight surgeon prior to water egress training at the Johnson Space Center, Houston. Photo credit: NASA
Art Concepts - Skylab (SL). NASA Skylab space station
S73-24316 (May 1973) --- An artist's concept illustrating a cutaway view of the Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop (OWS). The OWS is one of the five major components of the Skylab 1 space station cluster which was launc... More
Skylab 1 prime crew. NASA Skylab space station
S73-24303 (May 1973) --- These three astronauts have been named by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission. They are, left to right, Joseph P. Kerw... More
Skylab 3 prime crew participate in water egress simulations at JSC
S73-27787 (1 May 1973) --- The three members of the prime crew of the second manned Skylab mission participate in prelaunch training, specifically water egress simulations, at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), Ho... More
Skylab 2 prime crew photographed at Launch Complex 39 KSC
S73-25902 (4 May 1973) --- The three prime crew members of the first manned Skylab mission (Skylab 2) are photographed at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, during preflight activity. They are, left to ri... More
Double Exposure - Size Difference Between Skylab (SL)-1 and SL-2 - KSC
S73-25654 (7 May 1973) --- A deliberate double exposure to help illustrate the comparative sizes and configurations of the Skylab 1 and Skylab 2 space vehicles at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florid... More
Skylab 2 prime crew suit up during prelaunch training activity
S73-25399 (8 May 1973) --- Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, prime crew pilot of the first manned Skylab mission, is suited up in Bldg. 5 at Johnson Space Center (JSC) during prelaunch training activity. He is assisted ... More
ASTRONAUT CONRAD, CHARLES - SKYLAB (SL)-2
S73-25401 (8 May 1973) --- The members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission go over a checklist during Skylab prelaunch training activity at Johnson Space Center. They are in the Apollo Command ... More
Prime crew of the Skylab 2 mission stand beside T-38 prior to take off
S73-25714 (13 May 1973) --- Members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab Mission (Skylab 2) stand beside a NASA T-38 jet aircraft trainer at nearby Ellington Air Force Base prior to take off for the Ken... More
Launch of unmanned Skylab 1 space vehicle
S73-26913 (14 May 1973) --- The unmanned Skylab 1/Saturn V space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:00 noon (EDT), May 14, 1973, to place the Skylab space st... More
Launch of unmanned Skylab 1 space vehicle
S73-26912 (14 May 1973) --- The unmanned Skylab 1/Saturn V space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:00 noon (EDT), May 14, 1973, to place the Skylab space st... More
SKYLAB (SL)-2 - COUNTDOWN DEMONSTRATION TEST (CDDT) - KSC
S73-25696 (15 May 1973) --- An overall view of Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, showing the Skylab 2/Saturn 1B space vehicle during a Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT). This is the lau... More
SKYLAB (SL)-2 - INFLIGHT (DAMAGE/REPAIR)
S73-25884 (1973) --- Astronaut Russell Schweickart in Orbital Workshop Simulator (OWS) working out procedure to be used for repair of damaged thermal protection cover on Skylab 2 spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA
SKYLAB (SL)-I - MANUFACTURING (SUN SHADE) - GE, HOUSTON, TX
S73-26046 (18 May 1973) --- Workmen in the GE Building across the street from the Johnson Space Center fold a sail-like sunshade being fabricated for possible use as a sunscreen for the Skylab Orbital Workshop ... More
Art Concepts- Skylab (Sun Shade)
S73-26127 (1973) --- An artist's concept of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit illustrating the deployment of the twin pole thermal shield to shade the Orbital Workshop (OWS) from the sun. This is ... More
"Parasol", sunshade for Skylab 1, receives checkout in bldg 10
S73-26401 (23 May 1973) --- An umbrella-like mechanical device called the "parasol", one of the several sunscreen possibilities being considered for use in shading the overheated Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop (OWS)... More
Parasol construction in bldg 10 for Skylab 2 flight
S73-26380 (23 May 1973) --- Technicians in the Technical Services shop in Building 10 work on the fabrication of the umbrella-like mechanical device called the “parasol” during Skylab 2 preflight preparations a... More
ARTIST CONCEPT - CUTAWAY VIEW SKYLAB 1 ORBITAL WORKSHOP (OWS)
S73-23919 (May 1973) --- An artist's concept illustrating a cutaway view of the Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop (OWS). The OWS is one of the five major components of the Skylab 1 space station cluster which was launc... More
Artist Concept - Illustration Cutaway View - Skylab (SL)-1 Orbital Wor...
S73-23918 (May 1973) --- An artist's concept illustrating a cutaway view of the Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop (OWS). The OWS is one of the five major components of the Skylab 1 space station cluster which was launc... More
Dr. Christopher Kraft looks over packaged "parasol" in bldg 10
S73-26394 (23 May 1973) --- Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (left), JSC Director, and George A. Post, JSC Crew Systems Division, look over the packaged "parasol" during fabrication and checkout of the umbrella-lik... More
View of the Skylab 1 space station cluster from the Skylab 2 Command M...
S73-27182 (25 May 1973) --- A close-up view of the Skylab 1 space station cluster can be seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by a TV camera aboard the Skylab 2 Command Modu... More
View of the Skylab 1 space station cluster from the Skylab 2 Command M...
S73-26738 (25 May 1973) --- A close-up view of the Skylab 1 space station cluster can be seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by a TV camera aboard the Skylab 2 Command Modu... More
Deployment of "Parasol" solar shield
S73-26775 (26 May 1973) --- The deployment of the "parasol" solar shield, a sunshade to help cool the overheated Orbital Workshop of the Skylab 1 space station cluster in Earth orbit, can be seen in the reprodu... More
Deployment of "Parasol" solar shield
S73-26773 (26 May 1973) --- The deployment of the ?parasol? solar shield, a sunshade to help cool the overheated Orbital Workshop of the Skylab 1 space station cluster in Earth orbit, can be seen in the reprodu... More
SKYLAB (SL)-2 - TELEVISION (INFLIGHT)
S73-26776 (26 May 1973) --- An interior view of the Orbital Workshop of the Skylab 1 space station cluster in Earth orbit can be seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by a TV... More
PAD 39A - SKYLAB (SL)-I - KSC. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space...
S73-26911 (14 May 1973) --- The unmanned Skylab 1/Saturn V space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:00 noon (EDT), May 14, 1973, to place the Skylab space st... More
SKYLAB (SL) - ORBITAL WORKSHOP (OWS) - JSC
S73-26849 (25 May 1973) --- Four flight directors for the Skylab 1 and 2 mission are grouped around the flight director's console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at Johnson ... More
SKYLAB II - POSTLAUNCH (MCC). NASA Skylab space station
S73-26795 (25 May 1973) --- Flight directors Donald R. Puddy (left background) and Philip C. Shaffer are seated at the flight director's console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Cen... More
Skylab beverage container filled with orange juice held by Astronaut C...
S73-27078 (30 May 1973) --- An accordian-style beverage dispenser filled with orange juice is held by astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Skylab 2 commander, in this close-up view which is a reproduction taken from a... More
Skylab (SL)-2 Astronauts - Wardroom - Crew Quarters - SL-1 Station
S73-27081 (30 May 1973) --- Two of the three Skylab 2 astronauts are seen in the wardroom of the crew quarters of the Orbital Workshop of the Skylab 1 space station cluster in Earth orbit in this reproduction t... More
SKYLAB (SL)-2 - LAUNCH - KSC. NASA public domain image colelction.
S73-27096 (25 May 1973) --- The Skylab 2 crew, consisting of astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz, inside the command module atop a Saturn IB launch vehicle, heads toward the Skylab... More
SKYLAB (SL)-2 - LAUNCH - KSC. NASA public domain image colelction.
S73-27095 (25 May 1973) --- The Skylab 2 crew, consisting of astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz, inside the command module atop a Saturn IB launch vehicle, heads toward the Skylab... More
ASTRONAUT KERWIN, JOSEPH P. - EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA) - SKYLAB (...
S73-27562 (June 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, Skylab 2 science pilot, performs extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Skylab 1 and 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit, as seen in this reprodu... More
ASTRONAUT CONRAD, CHARLES - SKYLAB (SL)-2
S73-27260 (1 June 1973) --- Two of the three Skylab 2 crewmen demonstrate weightlessness in the forward compartment of the Orbital Workshop of the Skylab 1 & 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit, as seen in t... More
SL2-06-102. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-06-102 (June 1973) --- A black and white photograph of the San Francisco Bay California area, taken from the Skylab 1-2 space station cluster in Earth orbit. THE PICTURE SHOULD BE HELD WITH THE CLOUDS AND P... More
Astronaut Joseph Kerwin forms perfect sphere with water droplet
SL2-X9-730 (1 June 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, Skylab 2 science pilot, forms a perfect sphere by blowing water droplets from a straw in zero-gravity. He is in the crew quarters of the Skylab... More
SL2-04-118 (June 1973) --- A color photograph of the San Francisco Bay...
SL2-04-118 (June 1973) --- A color photograph of the San Francisco Bay, California area, taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. (The picture should be held with the clouds and Pacific Ocean on the ... More
Skylab 2 crewmen give demonstration on effects of weightlessness
S73-27262 (1 June 1973) --- The three Skylab 2 crewmen give a demonstration on the effects of weightlessness in the Orbital Workshop of the Skylab 1 and 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit, as seen in this r... More
SL2-16-281 (June 1973) --- A vertical view of the Orlando and central ...
SL2-16-281 (June 1973) --- A vertical view of the Orlando and central Florida area photographed from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. (The picture should be held with the heaviest cloud cover at the bot... More
SL2-05-102. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-05-102 (June 1973) --- A black and white photograph of the San Francisco Bay California area, taken from the Skylab 1-2 space station cluster in Earth orbit. THE PICTURE SHOULD BE HELD WITH THE CLOUDS AND P... More
SKYLAB (SL)-2 - HARDWARE (SAW). NASA public domain image colelction.
S73-27384 (June 1973) --- A close-up view of the surgical band saw, a surgical tool in the therapeutic kit of the Inflight Medical Support System aboard the Skylab 1 & 2 space station cluster now in Earth orbit... More
Structure duplicating problem with solar array wing number one on Skyl...
S73-27406 (5 June 1973) --- This structure duplicates the current problem with solar array wing number one on Skylab. The wing is being held against the side of the Orbital Workshop by what appears to be a stri... More
SKYLAB (SL)-2 - EXPERIMENTS (M-114)
S73-27509 (6 June 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin (right), Skylab 2 science pilot and a doctor of medicine, takes a blood sample from astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Skylab 2 commander, as seen in ... More
SKYLAB (SL)-2 - INFLIGHT (CREW)
S73-27467 (5 June 1973) --- An overhead view of astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, at the video tape recorder in the Orbital Workshop of the Skylab 1 and 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit. Weitz is c... More
Astronaut Charles Conrad as test subject for Lower Body Negative Press...
S73-27707 (9 June 1973) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Skylab 2 commander, serves as test subject for the Lower Body Negative Pressure (MO92) Experiment, as seen in this reproduction taken from a color telev... More
Skylab 2 Astronaut during EVA at Skylab 1 and 2 space station cluster
S73-27734 (11 June 1973) --- Skylab 2 astronaut performs extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Skylab 1 and 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit, as seen in this reproduction taken from a color television tran... More
ASTRONAUT CONRAD, CHARLES - SKYLAB (SL)-2
S73-27729 (1 June 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, Skylab 2 science pilot, floats with his body outstretched as he demonstrates weightlessness in the forward compartment of the Orbital Workshop o... More
ASTRONAUT CONRAD, CHARLES - SKYLAB (SL)-2
S73-27730 (June 1973) --- The Skylab 2 crewmen, astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz, move the S183 Ultraviolet Panorama astrophysics experiment equipment under zero-gravity conditi... More
Skylab (SL)-3 Crew - Training - Orbital Workshop Trainer - JSC
S73-28419 (16 June 1973) --- The three prime crewmen of the Skylab 3 mission check over flight data during a training session in the crew quarters of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer in the Mission Simulation... More
Skylab (SL)-3 Crew - Training - Orbital Workshop Trainer - JSC
S73-28420 (16 June 1973) --- The three prime crewmen of the Skylab 3 mission check over flight data during a training session in the crew quarters of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) trainer in the Mission Simulation... More
Skylab 3 crew during training in Orbital Workshop trainer
S73-28412 (February 1973) --- The three members of the prime crew of the third of three scheduled manned Skylab missions (Skylab 4) go through Skylab preflight training in the Mission Training and Simulation Fa... More
SKYLAB (SL)-3 CREW - TRAINING - ORBITAL WORKSHOP (OWS) TRAINER - JSC
S73-28411 (February 1973) --- The three members of the prime crew of the third of three scheduled manned Skylab missions (Skylab 4) go through Skylab preflight training in the Mission Training and Simulation Fa... More
Western Great Plains, Badlands, SD, USA
SL2-81-162 (22 June 1973) --- The most striking feature of this scene of the western Great Plains and the Badlands of SD (43.5N, 101.0W) is the rugged topography of the landscape. Over eons of time, the White R... More
Eastern Iowa, Northwestern Illinois. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-10-250 (May-June 1973) --- A vertical view of eastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois, as photographed from Skylab space station in Earth orbit. Davenport, Burlington and Muscatine, Iowa; and Rock Island and... More
Lower Chesapeake Bay, VA, USA. NASA public domain image colelction.
SL2-16-174 (22 June 1973) --- Norfolk and the lower Chesapeake Bay, VA (37.5N, 75.5W) at the interface of the Atlantic Ocean can be seen to be a mixture of complex currents. Outgoing tides from the bay generate... More
Skylab 2 Farewell View from the Departing Skylab Command/Service Modul...
SL2-07-667 (22 June 1973) --- This overhead view of the Skylab Space Station was taken from the Departing Skylab Command/Service Module during the Skylab 2's final fly-around inspection. The single solar panel ... More
Cumberland River and Nashville, TN, USA
SL2-81-198 (22 June 1973) --- Making its way through the rugged Cumberland Plateau, the Cumberland River winds through the city of Nashville in north central Tennessee (36.0N, 87.0W) where the heavily forested ... More
Detroit, MI, Toledo, OH and Lake Erie
SL2-05-390 (22 June 1973) --- Greater Detroit (42.0N, 82.5W) is located at the southeastern border of Michigan on the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario, Canada and Lake Huron to the north. The river co... More
Himalayan Mountain Range, India/Tibet, Himalayan (Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan...
SL2-102-900 (22 June 1973) --- The Great Himalayan Mountain Range, India/Tibet (30.5N, 81.5E) is literally the top of the world where mountains soar to over 20,000 ft. effectively isolating Tibet from the rest ... More
Louisville, KY, USA. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-10-260 (22 June 1973) --- The meandering Ohio River bisecting this image is the border between Kentucky and Indiana. Louisville, KY (38.5N, 86.0W) on the south shore, is the main city seen in this predomina... More
Sacramento Valley, CA, USA. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-04-179 (22 June 1973) --- The Sacramento Valley (40.5N, 121.5W) of California is the northern extension of the Central Valley, main agriculture region of the state. Hundreds of truck farms, vineyards and or... More
Skylab 2 Farewell View from the Departing Skylab Command/Service Modul...
SL2-07-651 (22 June 1973) --- This overhead view of the Skylab Space Station was taken from the Departing Skylab Command/Service Module during the Skylab 2's final fly-around inspection. The single solar panel ... More
San Francisco and Bay Area, CA, USA
SL2-03-118 (June 1973) --- An infrared photograph of the San Francisco Bay, California area, taken from the Skylab 1/2 space station in Earth orbit. THE PICTURE SHOULD BE HELD WITH THE CLOUDS AND PACIFIC OCEAN ... More
Entire Island of Crete. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-05-364 (22 June 1973) --- Lying in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the entire Island of Crete (35.0N, 25.0E) can be seen in great detail in this cloud free view. The volcanic origins of this island can also ... More
Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, Potomac river
SL2-05-393 (22 June 1973) --- The nation's capital lies astride the Potomac River (38.5N, 77.5W) at the head of the Potomac Estuary. Baltimore, MD, also in the scene, is connected to Washington by the Baltimore... More
Strait of Gibraltar. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-05-370 (22 June 1973) --- Gateway to the Atlantic, since ancient times the Strait of Gibraltar (36.5N, 4.5W) is also the border between Africa and Europe. In Spain to the north, the dark area near the coast... More
Lake Superior, Deluth, MN. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-05-454 (22 June 1973) --- This view shows the west end of Lake Superior and Duluth, MN (47.0N, 91.0W). Portions of Minnesota, Michigan and Ontario, Canada are in the scene. The Duluth metropolitan area is a... More
Mississippi River, Yazoo Basin, Memphis, TN
SL2-05-422 (22 June 1973) --- This section of the lower Mississippi River (34.0N, 90.0W) known as the Yazoo Basin, is characterized by a wide expanse of rich river bottomland with many oxbow lakes, the remains ... More
SKYLAB (SL)-3 CREW - 1-G TRAINER - MULTIPLE DOCKING ADAPTER (MDA) - JS...
S73-28714 (29 June 1973) --- These three men are the prime crewmen for the Skylab 3 mission. Pictured in the one-G trainer Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) are, left to right, sc... More
Multi-spectral Line Scanner image of Northern California
S73-34295B (June 1973) --- A vertical view of a portion of northern California reproduced from data taken from the Skylab Multispectral Scanner, experiment S192, in the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. This... More
Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
SL2-106-1194 (22 June 1973) --- This overhead view of the central eastern shore of Florida shows the Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center (28.5N, 80.5W), where all of the NASA manned space missions originate... More
Ottawa, Quebec Province, Canada and Glaciated Landscape
SL2-05-380 (22 June 1973) --- Ottawa, in the province of Ontario, (46.5N, 75.5W) is the capital of Canada and can be seen near the bottom of this scene on the Ottawa River. The region shown lies within the Cana... More
New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain
SL2-05-397 (22 June 1973) --- New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain (31.0N, 91.0W) can all be seen in this single detailed view. The marshlands of the Atchafalaya Basin, previously t... More
Lake Mead, NV. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-03-192 (22 June 1973) --- Lake Mead, Nevada, (36.0N, 114.5E) where the water from the Colorado River empties after it's 273 mile journey through the Grand Canyon of Arizona is the subject of this photo. Oth... More
Northwest Washington State. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-05-458 (22 June 1973) --- Portions of northwest Washington State (48.0N, 122.5) can be seen in this view as well as portions of British Columbia, Canada. The snow covered Cascade Mountains are on the easter... More
Lower New England, USA. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-103-967 (22 June 1973) --- This view of lower New England, (41.5N, 72.0W) shows a rare cloud-free area stretching from northern Long Island across the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. ... More
Southern Italy. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-05-359 (22 June 1973) --- This rare cloud free view of southern Italy (41.0N, 16.0E) shows almost all of the famous `boot' configuration of the peninsula up to just north of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. The l... More
Detroit and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
SL2-05-389 (22 June 1973) --- This scene displays the southeastern part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula and adjacent Ontario, Canada (43.0N, 84.0W). Detroit can be recognized by its radial pattern of development ... More
Lake Powell, Colorado River, Utah and Grand Canyon, Arizona
SL2-04-018 (June 1973) --- A vertical view of the Arizona-Utah border area showing the Colorado River and Grand Canyon photographed from the Skylab 1/2 space station in Earth orbit. This picture was taken by on... More
Misssissippi River and St. Louis, MO
SL2-81-189 (22 June 1973) --- The well defined meanderings of the Mississippi River, just to the south of St. Louis, MO (38.5N, 90.5W) can easily be seen as curved lines and loops roughly paralleling the presen... More
Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky, USA
SL2-81-194 (22 June 1973) --- This view of southern Illinois and Western Kentucky (37.0N, 88.5W), with the winding Ohio River in between also illustrates the rich agriculture potential of the flood plains in th... More
Mojave Desert, California. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-03-126 (June 1973) --- A color infrared photograph of the Los Angeles County and Kern County area, taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit during its first manned Skylab mission. The Mojave Deser... More
Rendezvous and Fly Around Inspection of Skylab I Orbital Space Station
SL2-4-265 (25 May 1973) --- Skylab 2, approach to Skylab at long range, fly-around inspection. Orbital Workshop with area of missing micrometeoroid shield visible and partially deployed solar array visible. Pho... More
Phoenix, AZ, USA. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-03-200 (22 June 1973) --- The city of Phoenix, AZ (33.5N, 112.0W) can be seen in good detail in this color infrared scene. Situated among truck crop agriculture fields, the color infrared photo depicts the ... More
Black Hills Region, SD, USA. NASA public domain image colelction.
SL2-81-157 (22 June 1973) --- This view of the Black Hills Region, SD (44.0N, 104.0W) shows the scenic Black Hills where Mt. Rushmore and other monuments are located. Cities and towns in this view include: Rapi... More
Canyonlands National Park, UT, USA
SL2-81-014 (22 June 1973) --- Desert and mountain scenery along the Utah/Colorado border are displayed in this scene of the Canyonlands National Park, UT (39.0N, 110.0W). The park occupies the near center of th... More
White Sands, Carrizozo Lava Beds, NM
SL2-04-288 (22 June 1973) --- A truly remarkable view of White Sands and the nearby Carrizozo Lava Beds in southeast New Mexico (33.5N, 106.5W). White Sands, site of the WW II atomic bomb development and testin... More
Boston, MA and New England Coastline
SL2-05-381 (22 June 1973) --- Boston, MA and the New England Coastline (43.5N, 84.0W) can be seen in this view. The typical rugged rocky coast of Maine is the result of heavy glacial action producing the rocky ... More
SLYLAB (SL)-2 - "WELCOME HOME CEREMONIES" - ELLINGTON AFB (EAFB), TX
S73-28818 (24 June 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot for the Skylab 2 mission, speaks to a crowd at Ellington Air Force Base during welcome home ceremonies for the crew. Astronaut Pa... More
SKYLAB (SL)-2 - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - PACIFIC OCEAN
S73-29147 (22 June 1973) --- The Skylab 2 Command Module, with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz still inside, floats in the Pacific Ocean following successful splashdown about 8... More
SKYLAB II - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC
S73-29141 (22 June 1973) --- The three Skylab 2 crewmen arrive on the deck of the prime recovery ship, USS Ticonderoga, following the successful splashdown of the Skylab 2 Command Module about 835 miles southwe... More
SKYLAB (SL)-2 - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - RECOVERY SHIP - PACIFIC
S73-29138 (22 June 1973) --- The Skylab 2 Command Module, with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz still inside, is hoisted aboard the prime recovery ship, USS Ticonderoga, followi... More
Astronaut Alan Bean during news conference prior to Skylab 3 mission
S73-30113 (30 June 1973) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skylab 3 commander, ponders a question from a newsman during the premission press conference on June 30, 1973, in the Building 1 large auditorium at Johnson ... More
SKYLAB (SL)-3 CREWMEN - EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITIES (EVA) PROCEDURES
S73-31323 (30 June 1973) --- Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, practices procedures for extravehicular activity (EVA) in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit during Skylab 3 prelaunch traini... More
Skylab 3 crew during press conference
S73-30110 (30 June 1973) --- The three members of the prime crew of the second manned Skylab mission (Skylab 3) discuss their scheduled 56-day flight before a gathering of news media representatives in the larg... More
SL3-108-01295. NASA Skylab space station
SL3-108-1295 (July-September 1973) --- A close-up view of astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, taking a hot bath in the crew quarters of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) of the Skylab space station cluster in Ea... More
SL3-111-1516 (July-September 1973) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skylab ...
SL3-111-1516 (July-September 1973) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skylab 3 commander, uses a battery powered shaver in the crew quarters of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) aboard the Skylab space station cluster in Ear... More
View of crewmen performing EVA taken from inside OWS
SL2-100-799 (7 June 1973) --- This medium close-up view shows astronauts Charles Conrad, commander for Skylab 2, and Science Pilot Joseph P. Kerwin performing an extravehicular activity (EVA) to repair the dama... More