On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America’s first space station. Despite a troubled start to its life, Skylab pioneered long-duration spaceflight ...
Skylab was the first U.S. space station, flying above the Earth's surface from 1973 to 1979. Three crewed Skylab missions ...
In 2023, a space company called Vast announced that it was developing a single-module commercial space station called Haven-1. It will operate much like Skylab or the Manned Orbiting Laboratory ...
As the ISS ages and is eventually decommissioned, private companies may operate the orbital platforms of the future.
Skylab remained in orbit for six years ... In 1974, the Soviet Union launched the Salyut 3 space station, code-named Almaz, which secretly carried a 23-mm Nudelmann aircraft cannon.
A SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral on Saturday evening marked the 73rd launch from the Space Coast in 2024, the most ever in ...
a space company called Vast announced that it was developing a single-module commercial space station called Haven-1. It will ...