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 ...
Skylab was the first United States manned space station, launched on May 14, 1973.Credit: Archive “I was concerned to learn that fragments of Skylab may have landed in Australia,” Carter wrote ...