Size: 6.5 x 10.8 cm.
Weight: 385 gr.
Description: Flown fragment of a Skylab oxygen supply tank recovered in Western Australia after the space station's fiery reentry in 1979, approximately 1.75” x .5°, encased ina domed 2.5” x 4” x 2.5” block of Lucite with a folded image and information sheet at the bottom.
Skylab was the first United States space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation, and hundreds of experiments.
