Image: Skylab1-Patch

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Description: This is the emblem for the first manned Skylab mission. It will be a mission of up to 28 days. Skylab is an experimental space station consisting of a 100-ton laboratory complex in which medical, scientific and technological experiments will be performed in Earth orbit. The prime crew of this mission will be astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander; scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot; and astronaut Paul J. Weits, pilot. The patch, designed by artist Kelly Freas, shows the Skylab silhouetted against the Earth's globe, which in turn is eclipsing the sun--showing the brilliant signet-ring pattern of the instant before the total eclipse.
Title: Skylab1-Patch
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/skylab/skylab2/html/s72-52630.html High Res Low Res
Author: NASA/Kelly Freas
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License: Public domain
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