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Skylab: Rare NASA 1/48 Scale Contractor's Model from George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. ...
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$4,750.00
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Skylab: Rare NASA 1/48 Scale Contractor's Model from George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. An incredibly detailed, large scale model of Skylab with the Command/Service Module on an 8" square wooden base featuring an aluminum "George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Graphic Engineering and Models Division" plate labeled "SKYLAB/ 1:48 Scale". The body diameter is 5.5"; the overall height is 29.5" with the C/SM attached and the overall width is approximately 9.5" with the ATM attached. All parts are labeled as to function and it uses cutaways to display the inside of the spacecraft with excellent detail, even down to having a 1.5" tall astronaut standing inside. Rarely offered. This example needs quite a bit of restoration to make it complete as made. The solar arrays are missing and there are several loose parts that need to be attached. The clear plastic base needs repair. Still, with some effort, this could be a real showpiece. Sold as-is. Please see images on our website. Fair.The space station was launched May 14, 1973, and it was visited by three crews of three astronauts: SL-2 launched May 25, 1973, and the crew of Conrad, Weitz, and Kerwin spent twenty-eight days aboard; SL-3 launched July 28, 1973, and the crew of Bean, Lousma, and Garriott spent fifty-nine days aboard; SL-4 launched November 16, 1973, and the crew of Carr, Pogue, and Gibson spent an incredible eighty-four days aboard. Each successive mission set a new record for amount of time astronauts spent in space. Due to heavy sunspot activity in 1977, the Skylab station's parking orbit started deteriorating sooner than expected and it crashed back to earth on July 11, 1979, with the debris landing in Western Australia.
Auction Info
2018 May 11 Space Exploration Signature Auction - Dallas #6195 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
May, 2018
11th
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