Wernher von Braun

MSFC Director, Dr. Wernher von Braun is photographed inspecting a mockup of the Skylab Orbital Workshop, a major project at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in 1967. The mockup would be used as an engineering tool to design structures, equipment and experiments for an initial mission expected to last twenty-eight days. The workshop was intended to serve as America's first Space Station.