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 ...
The resulting Haven-2 facility will be immense and filled with capabilities that could meet the needs of a wide variety of ...
Skylab was the first U.S. space station, flying above the Earth's surface from 1973 to 1979. Three crewed Skylab missions ...
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.
This isn’t the set-up for a sci-fi movie. It actually happened, in 1979. Skylab was the first US space station. It was launched on May 14, 1973, and there were problems from the get-go.