Sujet

Command Module, Skylab 4, 1973. Creator: North American Rockwell.

Légende

This is the Skylab 4 Command Module, which served as the crew cabin for going to and from Skylab, the first U.S. space station. Skylab 4, the third and last of the Skylab missions, was launched on November 16, 1973 with Command and Service Modules CSM-118. The three-person crew, Gerald P. Carr, William R. Pogue, and Edward G. Gibson, spent 84 days on orbit, landing on February 8, 1974. The mission included the observation of the comet Kohoutek, among numerous experiments. The crew completed 1,214 Earth orbits and four extra-vehicular activities totaling 22 hours, 13 minutes. CSM-118 was transferred from NASA to the Smithsonian in 1975.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A88_177

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

120,0Mo (5,1Mo) / 49,0cm x 61,3cm / 5792 x 7240 (300dpi)

Mots clés

technology education country space color location century spacecraft space travel seventies United States of America Colour 1970s Smithsonian Institution Command Module space station National Air and Space Museum Educational Institution 20th century air and space museum Skylab American America USA scientific institution object united states Heritage Art NASM SPACECRAFT-Manned North American Rockwell