NASA Skylab 1, Conrad, Weitz & Kerwin  Iron-On Patch (1973).  Yellow, black, blue, red and white.  2 7/8" diameter.  Missing the "K" in Kerwin.

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Skylab, America’s first space station and the first crewed research laboratory in space, lifted off on May 14, 1973. Skylab enabled research in several areas, including the astronauts’ physiological responses to long-duration space flight, Earth sciences, and solar physics and astronomy, with additional experiments in materials processing. During launch, Skylab lost its micrometeoroid shield that also provided thermal protection. Debris from the shield jammed one of its power-generating solar array wings and it lost the other wing completely. Managers delayed the launch of the Skylab 2 crew of Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Pilot Paul J. Weitz, and Science Pilot Joseph P. Kerwin, as engineers devised plans to save the overheating and underpowered space station. The trio launched on May 25, inspected the station, finally docked. The next day they erected a sunshade over the station to lower its temperature.