NASA Photo ID: S73-31980 File Name: 10076240.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 08/06/73
Title: Astronaut Jack Lousma seen outside Skylab space station during EVA
Description:
Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, is seen outside the Skylab space
station in Earth orbit during the August 5, 1973 Skylab 3 extravehicular
activity (EVA) in this photographic reproduction taken from a television
transmission made by a color TV camera aboard the space station. Lousma is
at the Apollo Telescope Mount EVA work station assembling one of the two
55-foot long sectionalized poles for the twin pole solar shield which was
deployed to help cool the Orbital Workshop. Part of the Airlock Module's
thermal/meteoroid curtain is in the left foreground.
Subject terms:
ASTRONAUTS
DEPLOYMENT
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY
ORBITAL SPACE STATIONS
REPRODUCTION
SHIELDING
SKYLAB 3
SKYLAB PROGRAM
SOLAR ENERGY
SPACEBORNE TELESCOPES
TELEVISION TRANSMISSION
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