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The University of Alabama’s baseball team celebrates outfielder Chase Kroberger’s home run.

Jacksonville State University pitcher Josh Sibley.

San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman is just being open about his relationship with outfielder Drew Gilbert. Not even a veneer of deniability anymore.

(Photo: Logan Lynch)

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University of Alabama men’s tennis player Vit Kalina.

Jacksonville State University infielder Luke Williams.

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San Francisco Giants infielder Casey Schmitt.

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University of Alabama catcher John Lemm.

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Jacksonville State University infielder Cooper Blauser.

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University of Alabama infielder Brennan Holt.

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Mark Rothko, No. 2, 1962

Oil on canvas

81x76 inches

Smart Museum

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San Francisco Giants catcher Eric Haase.

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Monday, May 14, 1973: Skylab, America’s first space station, is launched into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center.

Skylab was a reconfigured Saturn third stage, filled not with fuel and oxidizer, but with living quarters and scientific work areas. Its launch was the final voyage for the reliable Saturn V launch vehicle. Its like would not be seen again in the 20th century as the U.S. severely curtailed its space exploration efforts.

The three major television networks — ABC, CBS and NBC — televised Skylab’s launch live. A little more than a minute after liftoff, unseen by cameras because of cloud cover, a major problem struck the space station. A massive metal sheet that made up Skylab’s meteoroid and thermal shield was violently torn from the vehicle as the Saturn booster pushed the spacecraft through the atmosphere. The loss of the shield, noticed only after Skylab reached orbit, threatened the station’s habitability, and therefore the entire project.

Skylab’s first human crew, launched eleven days after the station, managed to fix the orbiting workshop and make it livable. The NASA/Martin Marietta film Skylab: Mission Made Possible covers the launch mishap and the work it took to save Skylab.

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