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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: September 20, 2016
Caption: NASA SKYLAB Marker
Additional Description: Sections of this Skylab mock-up were used at Marshall space Flight Center in the water-filled Neutral Buoyancy Simulator tank. This tank simulates the microgravity conditions of space during training of Skylab astronaut crews. The space-suited astronaut, Ed Gibson, is performing an extra-vehicular activity (EVA)in front of the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM). The ATM was used by Skylab crews to obtain thousands of solar images that have greatly improved our understanding of Earth's closest star.
Submitted: September 26, 2016, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p364006
File Size: 6.625 Megabytes

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