An overhead view of the Skylab space station cluster 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 a cloud-covered Earth. Note the solar shield which was
deployed by the second crew of Skylab and from which a micro meteoroid shield
has been missing since the cluster was launched on May 14, 1973. The Orbital
Workshop (OWS) solar panel on the left side was also lost on workshop launch
day. Inside the Command Module (CM) when this picture was made were astronaut
Gerald P. Carr, commander; scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot;
and astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot. The crew used a 70mm hand-held Hasselblad
camera to take this photograph.
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March 06, 2014
Skylab: William R. Pogue, pilot of mission 4 pasted away yesterday.
An overhead view of the Skylab space station cluster 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 a cloud-covered Earth. Note the solar shield which was
deployed by the second crew of Skylab and from which a micro meteoroid shield
has been missing since the cluster was launched on May 14, 1973. The Orbital
Workshop (OWS) solar panel on the left side was also lost on workshop launch
day. Inside the Command Module (CM) when this picture was made were astronaut
Gerald P. Carr, commander; scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot;
and astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot. The crew used a 70mm hand-held Hasselblad
camera to take this photograph.
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