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| Description | Sixty-three seconds after the launch of the modified Saturn V vehicle carrying the Skylab cluster, engineers in the operation support and control center saw an unexpected telemetry indication that signalled that damages occurred on one solar array and the micrometeoroid shield during the launch. Still unoccupied, the Skylab was stricken with the loss of the heat shield and sunlight beat mercilessly on the lab's sensitive skin. Internal temperatures soared, rendering the the station uninhabitable, threatening foods, medicines, films, and experiments. The launch of the first manned Skylab (Skylab-2) mission was delayed until methods were devised to repair and salvage the workshop. Personnel from other NASA Centers and industries quickly joined the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in efforts to save the damaged Skylab. They worked day and night for the next several days. Eventually the MSFC developed, tested, rehearsed, and approved three repair options. These options included a parasol sunshade and a twin-pole sunshade to restore the temperature inside the workshop, and a set of metal cutting tools to free the jammed solar panel. This photograph was taken during a discussion of the methods of the twin-pole Sun shield by (left to right) Astronaut Alan Bean, MSFC Director Dr. Rocco Petrone, Astronaut Edward Gibson, and MSFC engineer Richard Heckman. Dr. William Lucas, who became MSFC Director after Dr. Petrone left MSFC in March of 1974, is standing. | |||||
| Date | Taken on 1 May 1973 | |||||
| Source | https://images.nasa.gov/details-7040508 | |||||
| Author | NASA | |||||
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- Alan Bean
- Astronauts in 1973
- Edward Gibson
- Group photographs of men
- Heckman (surname)
- Men pointing left
- Marshall Space Flight Center
- Men at work in the 1970s
- Men at work in Alabama
- Men wearing neckties in the United States
- Men wearing white shirts
- Men wearing wristwatches
- Men wearing yellow shirts
- Men of the United States in 1973
- Richard (given name)
- Rocco Petrone
- Sitting men in the United States
- Skylab program
- Standing men in the United States
- William R. Lucas