40_Years_Ago,_Skylab_Paved_Way_for_International_Space_Station.jpg


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English: As the crew of Skylab 2 departs, the gold sun shield covers the main portion of the space station. The solar array at the top was the one freed during a spacewalk. The four, windmill-like solar arrays are attached to the Apollo Telescope Mount used for solar astronomy.
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