MAKE A MEME View Large Image Skylabfragment.JPG This is the largest recovered piece of the Skylab Space Station that plunged to the Earth in 1979 This fragment is one of six identical air tanks that were aboard the orbiting laboratory to supply oxygen to the crew The ...
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Keywords: Skylabfragment.JPG This is the largest recovered piece of the Skylab Space Station that plunged to the Earth in 1979 This fragment is one of six identical air tanks that were aboard the orbiting laboratory to supply oxygen to the crew The oxygen tank was recovered in Austrailia by two men who witnessed its re-entry on July 11 They found the tank and other small debris about 15 miles southwest of the small mining town of Rawlina Before it crashed the tank was eight feet long four feet in diameter and weighted 2 800 pounds empty On loan from KARA international of Australia Photo taken at US Space and Rocket Center Huntsville Alabama en wikipedia Igitur CommonsHelper 2007-06-27 Rycho626 wikipedia en Rycho626 Original upload log page en wikipedia Skylabfragment JPG 2009-11-04 09 28 Kingpin13 800×600× 367505 bytes remove the arm in the left bottom of the picture 2007-06-27 23 31 Rycho626 2048×1536× 1083681 bytes ' Exhibits at the US Space Rocket Center Skylab space station
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