This film records the launch of unmanned Skylab 1 on May 14, 1973, and the missionthreatening problem resulting from the loss of the meteroid heat shield. The fabrication of materials and the equipment used in the repair operation is grapihically documented, followed by the installation of the parasol after the lauch and docking of the manned SL-2 with the SL-1 workshop. Also included are onboard sequenses of the daily work routines and some of the experiments.
