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2 days ago · Skylab. Skylab as photographed by its departing final crew ( Skylab 4 ). Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched by NASA, [3] 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.
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Apr 22, 2024 · Cheryl Adams Richkoff. Updated April 22, 202477.0K views. What was Skylab? Back in the day, long before there was an International Space Station, or even a Space Shuttle, and not too long after the end of NASA's famous Apollo Space Program, there existed the world's first space station, an "orbital workshop," known as Skylab.
1 day ago · Before departing for the last time, the SkyLab IV crew left food and provisions for the next crew, which never happened. It was known that without further booster operations, SkyLab would eventually fall back to Earth. This was not expected to occur until about 1983, and the Space Shuttle was due to come into service in 1979 to boost SkyLab’s ...
6 days ago · A big thanks to Jason for making it possible for me to continue making videos.Footage from:NASALiving and Working in Space: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citatio...
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Apr 22, 2024 · Joseph Kerwin (born February 19, 1932, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.) is a U.S. astronaut and physician who served as science pilot on Skylab 2, the first crewed mission to the first U.S. space station. Kerwin received his degree in medicine in 1957 from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois, after which he joined the U.S. Navy ...
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5 days ago · Apr 2, 2024. Forty-five years ago, in July 1979, the Skylab space station fell in pieces upon re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. Debris was scattered over the Indian Ocean and western Australia,...
Apr 22, 2024 · Edward Gibson is a U.S. astronaut who was the science pilot for the Skylab 4 mission, which established a new manned spaceflight record of 84 days. Gibson received a doctorate in engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena in 1964.
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