After Skylab's launch, engineers came up with several possibilities for shielding Skylab's Orbital Workshop from the Sun. Here, Alyene Baker is assisted by 3 others as she sews the 3-layered parasol sun shade that the Skylab 2 crew would deploy. #Skylab50https://go.nasa.gov/3M8ReNo #NASAhistory
The first installment of this mini-series discussed how Skylab, America’s first space station, ran into serious trouble immediately after launching on May 14, 1973.
