Skylab's Remains: NASA Space Station Debris in Australia (Photos)
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Souvenirs Made From Skylab Debris
A few of the souvenirs made from debris recovered from Skylab. [Read the full story]
Skylab Insulation and Other Recovered Debris
Various pieces of debris recovered from the remains of Skylab after it crashed back to earth in July 1979 and now on display at the Esperance Municipal Museum. [Read the full story]
Shire of Esperance Skylab Day Proclamation and Key to City
A proclamation from Barstow, California, along with a key to the city, proclaiming July 13, 2009, near the 30th anniversary, to be “Shire of Esperance/Skylab Day.” [Read the full story]
Recovered Skylab Debris
Various pieces of debris recovered from the remains of Skylab after it crashed back to earth in July 1979 and now on display at the Esperance Municipal Museum.
See more Skylab space station photos here.
See more of Photographer Ben Cooper's photography at Ben Cooper of LaunchPhotography.com. [Read the full story]
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Ben Cooper is an award-winning photographer based in Cape Canaveral, Florida, where he has photographed over 400 launches to date. As an official photographer for some of the biggest launch providers, as well as for NASA and several media outlets over the past 20+ years, he has captured many of the most well-known and iconic space mission photos taken in the last two decades. Ben is the author of the 2019 book Launch Photography and was the 2019 winner of the Kolcum Award "for excellence in telling the space story along Florida’s Space Coast and throughout the world."
