2009-10 Photos - Deconstructing the Dome

Just before the Christmas weekend break...(EG).

and what it looked like from the inside (EG).

29 December...picking off another section. Some of you may notice in the right background that Cryo has a fresh set of blue siding panels, well except where that sliding door is supposed to go. Punch list items...(FB)

a closer view (FB).

Setting it down (FB/APL).

Moving one of the dome panels around (FB).

30 December, a view from one of the static cameras.

And another...

Another 30 December view...oh by the way, an antenna crew has also been around tearing down some of the old antenna towers behind the dome (EG).

3 January, pulling off another section (FB).

5 January, a few views from the dome floor level (DF).

A closeup look in at the west side, with a bit of utilidor (DF).

Looking south. With the panels removed, the color coding on the beams is visible (DF).

Looking east; the rectangular opening used to lead to Skylab (DF).

The 5 January view from the galley windows (EG).

This view is from almost the same angle as the previous photo,
except that it was taken from just inside the LO arch looking
through the temporary entrance. A few arch repairs were in order
before this opening was closed up a bit later in the season (WP/APL).