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Solar Array Cell Mission: Skylab 1-3 (SL-1 to SL-4)   Crew: Charles C. Conrad Jr. Paul J. Weitz Joseph P. Kerwin Alan L. Bean Jack R. Lousma Owen K. Garriott Gerald P. Carr William R. Pogue Edward G. Gibson Launch: May 14, 1973   Reentry: July 11, 1979   Comment: First U.S. space station This flight-qualified solar cell was produced for the United States' first space station, Skylab. Twin solar array wing panels were folded against the orbital workshop for launch, one on each side. Each array was composed of 147,840 solar cells. In addition, the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), one of the four major components that comprised Skylab, had its own four solar arrays. During its launch, the station lost both its micrometeoroid shield and one of its primary solar arrays when the shield deployed early, tearing loose. back to Artifacts © 1999-2008 collectSPACE.com All rights reserved. Questions? E-mail contact@collectspace.com