| NASA Center: |
Headquarters |
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| Image # : |
SL3-108-1295 |
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| Date : |
07/01/1973
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Title
Showering on Skylab
Full Description
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 Earth Orbit. This picture was taken
with a hand-held 35mm Nikon camera.
Astronaut Lousma, Alan Bean and Owen K. Garriott remained within the
Skylab space station in orbit for 59 days conducting numerous medical,
scientific and technological expierments. In deploying the shower
facility the shower curtain is pulled up from the floor and attached to
the ceiling. The water comes through a push-button shower head attached
to a flexible hose. Water is drawn off by a vacuum system.
Keywords
Jack Lousma Alan Bean Owen Garriott Skylab 3 Orbital Workshop OWS Shower
Subject Category
Astronauts, Skylab,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
SL3-108-1295
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001710
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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