Flown "Skylab Weather Briefing Chart": Skylab 1 1972

Flown "Skylab Weather Briefing Chart": Skylab 1 1972

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Author: Skylab 1 Date: 1972 Condition: Very Good Plus Inches: 38 x 13.75 [Image] Centimeters: 96.5 x 34.9 [Image] Product ID: 307013 Full Title: "Skylab Weather Briefing Chart"   First Edition, First Manned Skylab Mission Flown World Map with Holographic Weather Notations World map on Mercator projection, scale 1:40,000,000, centered on Kennedy Space center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.  This weather chart was used by astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 1 Pilot, SL-2 (first manned Skylab) Mission. Below is an excerpt from the signed inscription from him that accompanies this chart, offering rock-solid provenance: A standard activity prior to any U.S. manned launch is to provide the flight crew with a world weather briefing. A launch abort, off course flight path, or early reentry could place the crew almost anywhere on the planet. We were given our briefing from this chart and carried it with us in case any flight mishap required its use. The map details all major weather fronts f

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