Before the International Space Station existed, before U.S. astronauts shared space on Russia's space station Mir, America's first home in Earth orbit was Skylab. The converted upper stage of a ...

Shield debris had pummeled SA-513, tearing at least one hole in the tapered interstage adapter that linked its S-II second stage with the OWS. It also apparently damaged the system for separating the ...

Thursday is the 40th anniversary of Skylab falling back to Earth. While most people know it as America’s first manned space station, its influence extends much further. Skylab launched May 14, 1973 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Another of Skylab’s 22 spherical titanium tanks which held nitrogen, used for the station’s ...

Before the International Space Station and before the space shuttle, but after the last astronauts walked on the moon, nine Americans took the first steps to establishing a U.S. foothold in Earth ...

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NASA celebrates the 40th anniversary on Tiuesday of the launch of Skylab, America's first space station, but you might be surprised where this icon of U.S. human spaceflight ended up. After hosting ...

On 28 July 1973, the Skylab 3 crew of Alan Bean, Jack Lousma, and Owen Garriott lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, bound for the Skylab Orbital Workshop in Earth orbit.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Today is the 40th anniversary of the launch of America's first space station, Skylab. Skylab wasn't the first space station ever (that honor ...

On May 14, 1973, watched by 25,000 rapt spectators, the last Saturn V patiently sat on Launch Pad 39A at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Atop the rocket was Skylab, the biggest, heaviest single ...

Skylab, the American space station and laboratory, was launched into space on May 14, 1973, starting a six-year journey that recorded various in-space firsts and discoveries. Operated by NASA, Skylab ...