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Model, Skylab, 1:20

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  • Front view of a black, white, and gray space station model. A black and white cylindrical bottom leads up to four solar panels extending outwards in an X shape. There is also a gray square extending to the side. At the top is a gray, cylindrical and triangular structure.
  • Back view of a black, white, and gray space station model. Some panels are removed, showing a brown interior near the bottom. The middle has a black frame around it. Inside that frame is white and gold machinery with red warning labels on it. The solar panels are white, with black tips on the bottom two. The gray square is now white.
  • Side view of a black, white, and gray space station model. The solar panels have white wires attached to them, there are two black cables extending backwards from the middle, and both the front panels and the exposed interior are visible.
  • Back view of a black, white, and gray space station model. Some panels are removed, showing a brown interior near the bottom. The middle has a black frame around it. Inside that frame is white and gold machinery with red warning labels on it. The solar panels are white, with black tips on the bottom two. The gray square is now white.
  • Back angled view of a black, white, and gray space station model. Both the black and white panels and the brown interior are visible. The white square is attached to a white bar.
  • Close up view of the front of a black, white and gray space station model. There is a white circle in the center which the four solar panels extend out of. Behind the white circle is a black frame.
  • Angled view of the middle of a black, white, and gray space station model. A white cylinder with solar panels attached extends out of the black frame. There is another white cylinder inside the black frame with red and white boxes below it.
  • Angled view of the middle of a black, white, and gray space station model. A white cylinder with solar panels attached extends out of the black frame. There is another white cylinder inside the black frame with red and white boxes below it.
  • Close up view of the white structure inside of the black frame of the black, white, and gray space station model. There are yellow, black, and brown sections of the white structure. Each is labeled in red and white. The labels include multiple docking adapter, airlock meteoroid curtain, and fixed airlock shroud.
  • Close up view of the red and white labels on the white structure. They read Truss 2, X Band Antenna, Molecular Sieve, Flight Spare Stowage, Tape Recorder, Window, Airlock Meteoroid Curtain, Oxygen Tank, and Discone Antenna.
  • Close up view of the top of the black, white, and gray space station model. The center of the top is white, while the top and bottom are gray. Upside down red and black lettering and a small American flag are on the side.
  • Close up view of the base of the black frame. There are brown cylinders surrounding the frame, red and white boxes on top of the cylinders, and red and white text labels.
  • Close up view of the interior of the black, white, and gray space station model. There is a white pipe next to rectangular brown blocks, white boxes. There are three levels in the interior. On the top level are two human figurines in blue clothing.
  • Close up view of the two human figurines on the top level. They appear to be working, and the boxes around them have labels. Those labels include Body Mass Measurement, Scientific Airlock, Photometer System Container, Coronagraph Container, Portable Water Bottle, Water Purification Equipment, and Force Measuring Unit.
  • Close up view of the rectangular brown blocks and white boxes in the interior. The blocks are labeled Storage Lockers and Ground Thermal Conditioning Duct, while the boxes are labeled Power and Control Console and UV Stellar Astronomy Container.
  • Close up view of one of the human figurines. He is positioned next to several white boxes that are labeled as a rotating chair control console, a lower body negative pressure tube, an experiment support system, and a medical stowage cabinet.
  • Full view of the layered interior of the black, white, and gray space station model. There are white tubes on the outside, three layers on the inside, and a gray structure labeled waste tank beneath it.
  • Close up view of an orange chair placed up against a yellow patterned wall. The chair reads Body Mass Measurement, and the white box next to it reads UV/X-Ray Sol Photo.
  • Close up view of one of the human figurines standing in front of a wall of brown boxes. Two of them read Storage Freezer and Food Container.
  • Angled view of the top of a black, white, and gray space station model. The interior of the cylinder is yellow, surrounded by a black frame.

    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    Marshall Space Flight Center Model Shop

    Summary

    This is a 1:20 scale model of the complete Skylab space station launched by the United States in 1973 and occupied by three crews in 1973-1974. The Skylab living quarters, or orbital workshop, were a converted third stage of a Saturn V rocket. Skylab included a large solar observatory with four solar panels, and docking and airlock modules. NASA gave this model to the Museum in 1972, before the mission, and it has long been displayed near the full-size backup Skylab orbital workshop.

    Credit Line

    Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Inventory Number

    A19720973000

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    MODELS-Crewed Spacecraft & Parts

    Materials

    Plastic, wood, metal

    Dimensions

    3-D (With back antenna folded): 142.2 × 55.9 × 182.9cm (56 × 22 × 72 in.)

    Country of Origin

    United States of America

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    National Air and Space Museum Collection

    Data Source

    National Air and Space Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93725dab9-6812-4592-a440-7b3bcf21949d

    Record ID

    nasm_A19720973000

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