Authentic Piece of Gray Tape from Skylab 4


Item Number: 125

Time Left: CLOSED

Online Close: May 29, 2006 5:00 PM EDT

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Description

"The tape was used to seal our food 'overcans.' Each overcan was approximately 15 in long and contained about ten flip-top cans. We saved all this tape and used it for a variety of jobs on Skylab. The tape was aboard Skylab from May 14, 1973 to February 8, 1974 over 100 million miles in space during 4,300 orbits of the Earth." Signed and authenticated by astronaut Bill Pogue, Pilot, Skylab 4.

Special Instructions

COL William (Bill) Pogue was the pilot of Skylab 4, as well as part of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 7, 11, and 14 missions. He logged over 2000 hours in space as a astronaut.