Official color glossy 10 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo (SL4-143-4662), which shows the Skylab space station floating against the blackness of space moments before taking aboard the crew of the Skylab 4 mission. Visible are the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA), the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), and the four-panel solar array. The solar telescope array was controlled during manned operation from within the MDA, the cylindrical structure marked by a flag near the round entrance door. During periods between manned operations of Skylab, some of the solar telescopes were controlled remotely by radio command from the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Reverse bears faint "This Paper Manufactured by Kodak" watermarks. . In very fine condition. Encapsulated by PSA as an authentic 'Type I' photograph. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
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