Images Dated 28th January 2004

Skylab space station seen from Skylab-4 module

Skylab space station. View of the Skylab spacestation as seen from the Skylab 4 Command andServices Module (CSM) during the final fly-aroundbefore returning to Earth on 8 February 1974. Thespace station is seen against a cloud-coveredEarth. The solar shield (orange) is visible in theforeground covering the orbital workshop; at lowerleft is one solar array, after being successfullydeployed during the Skylab 2 mission. Skylab 4 waslaunched on 16 November 1973 with three astronautsonboard: Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson andWilliam R. Pogue. In the Skylab space station theyobserved comet Kohoutek, the Earth and the Sun, and occupied it for 84 days

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Europe, Scotland, Highlands, Oban Church and heather; weathered stone structures

Europe, Scotland, Highlands, Oban, Church and heather; weathered stone structures are common in the Scottish Highlands

© Mark Williford / Danita Delimont, Agent

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The crew of Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 37

The crew of Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 37 before launch on 23 July 1980. On the left is Soviet cosmonaut Vikto Gorbatko and on the right is Pham Tuan, the first Vietnamese to fly in space. Soyuz 37 docked with the Salyut 6 space station, and its two crew members returned to Earth on 30 July 1980 on board the Soyuz 36 spacecraft, which was already docked with Salyut 6

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