Comet Kohoutek Sketches
This pencil sketch of the Comet Kohoutek made by Skylab 4 astronaut Edward Gibson illustrates the crew's collective impressions of the comet's appearance on December 29, 1973. An early discovery of a large comet in an orbit that would reach close to the Sun at the end of 1973 prompted NASA to initiate Operation Kohoutek, a program to coordinate widespread observations of the comet from ground observatories, aircraft, balloons, rockets, unmanned satellites, and Skylab.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 0102018
Date: December 29, 1973
Comet Kohoutek Sketches
This pencil sketch of the Comet Kohoutek made by Skylab 4 astronaut Edward Gibson illustrates the crew's collective impressions of the comet's appearance on December 29, 1973. An early discovery of a large comet in an orbit that would reach close to the Sun at the end of 1973 prompted NASA to initiate Operation Kohoutek, a program to coordinate widespread observations of the comet from ground observatories, aircraft, balloons, rockets, unmanned satellites, and Skylab.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 0102018
Date: December 29, 1973