Fresnedillas: Around the Station

 


 

The 85 foot Apollo Station at Madrid

The 85 foot USB antenna at the Madrid Apollo station.

Photo: Larry Haug. Colour restoration: Colin Mackellar.

(Original image.)


Fresnedillas 85'

The 85 foot Madrid Apollo Tracking Station at Madrid as it looked during Skylab.

Note the antenna for Skylab – the Teltrac antenna at left, and the UHF command antenna and associated van in the foreground at centre.

Photo: Larry Haug. Colour restoration: Colin Mackellar.


view of the station

A view of the station with the cafeteria in the foreground, power building on the right and ops building on the left in front of the antenna.

Photo and text: Larry Haug. Colour restoration: Colin Mackellar.

Note the three men in suits outside the Ops building.


MAD at night

The Madrid antenna and operations building by night.

Photo: Larry Haug. Colour restoration: Colin Mackellar.