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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. #Skylab50 https://go.nasa.gov/3M8ReNo
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Skylab 2: “We can fix anything!”

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.
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James Vasile
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You know unboxing videos have gotten out of hand when people are ordering seamstresses online.

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