Charles C. Conrad Jr. Paul J. Weitz Joseph P. Kerwin Alan L. Bean Jack R. Lousma Owen K. Garriott Gerald P. Carr William R. Pogue Edward G. Gibson
Launch:
May 14, 1973
Reentry:
July 11, 1979
Comment:
First U.S. space station
This small cut of fabric is from the same material that the parasol sunshade deployed by the SL-2 crew was devised. The 24 by 22 ft. shield lowered Skylab's temperature to a habitable 75 degrees Fahrenheit after the micrometeoroid panel designed to protect the crew from solar radiation was ripped off during launch. This swatch is attached to a 2.5- by 4-inch laminated card that was presented by the three Skylab crews to a NASA employee who contributed to the space station program.
