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Skylab: 1973-1974  

SkylabSkylab was a U.S. space station adapted from the third stage of a Saturn V rocket and launched into orbit in May 1973. Three successive crews of three astronauts each occupied Skylab. The longest mission, which ended in February 1974, lasted almost three months.

Skylab: A Chronology
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4011/cover.htm

Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4208/sp4208.htm

Skylab, Classroom in Space
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-401/sp401.htm

Skylab 1 (Uncrewed)
May 14, 1973
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/skylab/skylab-1.htm

Skylab 2
May 25-June 22, 1973
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/skylab/skylab-2.htm

Skylab 3
July 28-September 25, 1973
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/skylab/skylab-3.htm

Skylab 4
November 16, 1973 - February 8, 1974
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/skylab/skylab-4.htm

Skylab Operations Summary
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/skylab/
skylab-operations.htm

Skylab Flight Summary
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/skylab/
flight-summary.htm

Skylab Video
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/
video/v-024.mpg

JSC Skylab Images
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/skylab/index.html

Skylab Statistics
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/skylab/
skylab-stats.htm

Life Sciences Data Archive Searchable Database
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov

JSC Skylab Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov

Skylab Digital Images at Glenn Space Flight Center
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/
images/skylab_images.html

Skylab Drawings and Technical Diagrams
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/skylab.html

  
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