 "The Skylab Webcast")
Overview
Skylab
Skylab was America's first space station and orbital science and engineering laboratory.
Image left: A view of the Skylab Orbital Workshop in Earth orbit as photographed from Skylab 4 on its return home. Image credit: NASA.
Skylab was launched into Earth orbit by a Saturn V rocket on May 14, 1973 as part of the Apollo program. Three crews visited the station, with their missions lasting 28, 59 and 84 days.
The mission crews performed a plethora of UV astronomy experiments, eight separate solar experiments and detailed X-ray studies of the Sun.
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Skylab was America's first space station and orbital science and engineering laboratory. Image left: A view of the Skylab Orbital Workshop in Earth orbit as photographed from Skylab 4 on its return home. Image credit: NASA.
Skylab was launched into Earth orbit by a Saturn V rocket on May 14, 1973 as part of the Apollo program. Three crews visited the station, with their missions lasting 28, 59 and 84 days.
The mission crews performed a plethora of UV astronomy experiments, eight separate solar experiments and detailed X-ray studies of the Sun.
Read More About the History of Skylab
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Features
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Skylab: Our First Space Station →
Skylab provided a detailed study of our planet from the incomparable vantage of orbit.
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Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab →
Skylab was conceived in 1963, when the Office of Manned Space Flight began to study options for programs to follow Apollo.
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A New Sun: The Solar Results from Skylab →
Skylab represented the final step in the initial long-term strategy for solar astrophysics that was set by the Space Science Board in 1960.
Skylab Webcast
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