Edward Gibson at the Apollo Telescope Mount Console During Skylab 4

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Apollo Telescope Mount Control Station Aboard Skylab 4

Keywords

Aeronautics, Edward G. Gibson, Johnson Space Center, NASA, Skylab 4

Photo Description

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS.  SKYLAB 4 ON-BOARD PHOTO -- Scientist-Astronaut Edward G. Gibson, Skylab 4 science pilot, stands at the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) console in the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit. This picture was taken with a hand-held 35mm Nikon camera. The ATM console was one of the busiest areas of the space station during the 84-day third manned Skylab mission, as Comet Kohoutek and solar activity were closely followed by the ATM and monitored by the crewmen from the ATM console. As Gibson demonstrated during a television transmission on Dec. 5, 1973, the ATM console controls several instruments on the solar telescope. Joining Gibson for the record-setting Skylab 4 mission were astronauts Gerald P. Carr, commander, and William R. Pogue, pilot.

Publication Date

12-1973

Format

image/jpeg

Number of Images

2

Side of Image

Front of Image

Publisher

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Original Size

8" x 10"

Identifier

DP0057714-0046a

NASA Photo Number

108-KSC-74PC-56; (S-74-17306)

Photo Credit

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Location

John C. Hitt Library

Department

Special Collections & University Archives

Collection

Official NASA Photographs, Vol. 3, October 2, 1973 - February 14, 1974