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Skylab
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Sixty-three seconds after the launch of the modified Saturn V vehicle carrying the Skylab cluster, engineers in the operation support and control center saw an unexpected telemetry indication that signalled that damages occurred on one solar array and the micrometeoroid shield during the launch. Still unoccupied, the Skylab was stricken with the loss of the heat shield and sunlight beat mercilessly on the lab's sensitive skin.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSkylab. NASA/MSFC, 1973-05-01. Public domain. ID: 7040508.
