View of the SkyLab 1 space station cluster from the SkyLab 2 Command Module

S73-26738 (25 May 1973) --- A close-up view of the SkyLab 1 space station cluster can be seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by a TV camera aboard the SkyLab 2 Command Module during its ?fly-around? inspection of the cluster. The numbers across the top of the picture indicate the SkyLab 1 ground lapse time. Note the missing portion of the micrometeoroid shield on the Orbital Workshop. The shield area was reported to be solid gold by the SkyLab 2 crewmen. A cable appears to be wrapped around the damaged OWS solar array system wing. The crewmen reported that the other OWS solar panel was completely gone, with only tubes and wiring sticking out. One of the discone antennas extends out form the Airlock Module. The Multiple Docking Adapter is in the lower left corner of the picture. A portion of a solar panel on the Apollo Telescope Mount is visible at the bottom and at the left edge. In their ?fly around? inspection the crewmen noted that portions of the micrometeoroid shield had slid back underneath the OWS solar wing. Photo credit: NASA