NASA Photo S-73-26912 Red Letter/Kodak, Skylab 1 Launch, 1973

NASA Photo S-73-26912 captures the launch of the unmanned Skylab 1 space station on a Saturn V rocket. 8 x 10.

• Subject: The launch of the Skylab 1 /

Saturn V space vehicle

• Date Taken: May 14, 1973
• Time: 12:00 noon EDT
• Location: Pad A, Launch Complex 39,

Kennedy Space Center, Florida

• Mission Overview: The flight carried the first major components of America’s first

space station into Earth orbit (including the Orbital Workshop, Apollo Telescope Mount, Multiple Docking Adapter, and Airlock Module).

Has dark red number on the front and a very faded Kodak watermark on the back. You have a highly desirable, authentic "Red Number" NASA print is historically classified as a Type II vintage print).

Because it has no text or caption stamps on the back, it was likely printed directly by the Photographic Technology Laboratory (PTL) at a NASA center (like the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston) for internal use, contractor reference, or agency personnel.