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Skylab
Skylab
Skylab

Skylab

Artist (United States, 1893 - 1986)
Printer (United States)
Publisher (United States, 1964 - 1996)
Date1978
MediumColor lithograph on paper
DimensionsIMAGE/SHEET: 21 x 27 15/16 in.
IMAGE/SHEET: 533 x 710 mm
Object TypePrints
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert E. Johnson
Edition222/300
Object number2017.101
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Description

Artist and designer Raymond Loewy worked for NASA from 1967 to 1973 as a habitability consultant for the Skylab space station, which launched in 1973. One of NASA's goals in hiring Loewy was to improve the psychological sense of safety and comfort of the spacecraft’s occupants. Unfortunately for the astronauts, most of Loewy’s recommendations were not adopted. Copies of some of Loewy’s renderings for Skylab are in the Exploration Station and accessible through Smartify.

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