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Topic: Photo of the week 193 (July 12, 2008)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3658
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-12-2008 03:53 AM
   
 Owen Garriott holds Alan Bean's legs as the Skylab 3 commander makes a minor repair to the space station's sunshade during a 2-hour-41-minute EVA on September 22, 1973. |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 645
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 07-12-2008 05:23 AM
Not seen before, Ed. Very good. |
Philip
Member Posts: 6203
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 07-12-2008 07:10 AM
First time I see this image as well... so after 33 years of collecting you always learn something new. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1690
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 07-12-2008 09:42 AM
Great shot, Ed...thanks! |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3287
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 07-12-2008 10:55 AM
There's an image I believe was taken in the same sequence — SL3-118-2182 — that appeared in National Geographic. I have some correspondence with Garriott about it from a few years ago, and he wasn't convinced it was him, believing it was from the first Skylab mission... although eventually came to understand it was him. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3658
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-12-2008 02:11 PM
Yes, this image is SL3-118-2181. The image in National Georgraphic is printed in mirror-image (or whatever the correct term is). |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1808
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 07-12-2008 03:27 PM
This picture reminds me of Alan's response to my question to compare his lunar EVA with his Skylab EVA. He responded that the lunar EVA was well rehearsed but when he climbed outside Skylab he felt he was in another world. Awesome picture! |
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