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Headquarters |
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| Image # : |
S73-26047 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1973
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Title
Skylab Solar Shield
Full Description
A sail like sunshade for possible use as a sunscreen for the Skylab
Orbital Workshop (OWS) is shown being fabricated in the GE Building
across the street from Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas.
Three people help the steamstress feed the material through the sewing
machine. The three-layered sunshade will be composed of a top layer of
aluminized mylar, a middle layer of laminated nylon ripstop, and a
bottom layer of thin nylon. Working on the sunshade are from left to
right: Dale Gentry, Elizabeth Gauldin, Alyene Baker, and James H.
Barnett Jr.
Mrs. Baker, a GE employee, operates the double needle Singer sewing
machine. Barnett is head of the Crew Equipment Development Section of
JSC Crew Systems Division. Mrs. Gauldin is also with the Crew Systems
Division. Gentry works for GE. The work shown here is part of the crash
program underway to prepare a sunshield for Skylab to replace the
orginal shield which was lost when Skylab 1 was launched on May 14,
1973. The improvised solar shield selected to be used will be carried
to Earth orbit by the Skylab 2 crewman who will then deploy the
reflective parasol to shade part of the OWS from the hot rays of the
sun. Loss of the orginal sun shield has caused an overheating problem.
in the Orbital Work Shop.
Keywords
Skylab Orbital Workshop OWS Sunshade
Subject Category
Skylab,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
S73-26047
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001707
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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