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Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4.
Jul 24, 2023 · Skylab. In 1973 and 1974, NASA pushed the boundaries of long-duration human space missions with Skylab, America’s first space station. With three crews performing hundreds of science experiments and unprecedented observations of the Earth and the Sun, Skylab laid the foundations for the space science program on the International Space Station ...
May 14, 2023 · Johnson Space Center. May 14, 2023. Article. Skylab, America’s first space station and the first crewed research laboratory in space, lifted off on May 14, 1973, on the last Saturn V rocket. Although the Soviet Union orbited the first experimental space station called Salyut in 1971, the larger and more complex Skylab enabled research in ...
Aug 14, 2023 · Skylab, America's first space station, provided a detailed study of our planet from the incomparable vantage of orbit. Skylab served as the greatest solar observatory of its time, a microgravity lab, a medical lab, an Earth-observing facility, and, most importantly, a home away from home for its residents. Mission Type.
Skylab, first U.S. space station, launched into Earth orbit on May 14, 1973. Three successive crews of visiting astronauts carried out investigations of the human body’s adaptation to the space environment, studied the Sun in unprecedented detail, and undertook pioneering Earth-resources observations. Skylab.
Skylab was America's first space station. After the Apollo missions to the Moon, the United States used the last of the Apollo-era vehicles to launch an experimental space station, Skylab, in 1973. Skylab was only intended as a temporary home in space. The longest mission, which ended in February 1974, lasted almost three months.
May 14, 2023 · By Elizabeth Howell. last updated 14 May 2023. The space station was the nation's first effort at long-term human space missions. Photograph of Skylab in orbit, taken by the Skylab-2 crew...
