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. Operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation and hundreds of experiments.

May 14, 2013 · Skylab, NASA's first space station, fell from space in 1979 and rained debris over parts of Australia. See photos of those Skylab remains as seen by veteran space photographer Ben Cooper.

Jul 11, 2012 · The Balladonia Museum houses a pair of large pieces of sheet metal from the orbiter. One is emblazoned with “SKYLAB” in red letters, while the other piece is labeled “Airlock/Danger.”

May 13, 2013 · After hosting rotating astronaut crews from 1973-1974, the Skylab space station eventually fell back to Earth in pieces that landed in Australia. Now, decades later, many of those pieces are...

Nov 5, 2022 · The history of the first-ever American space station, Skylab, is a perfect example. As NASA explains, Skylab was designed to house nine astronauts who would live on the space station and carry out their research suspended above earth.

May 6, 2016 · A massive chunk of the United States' first space station is heading to auction. Billed as the largest piece of Skylab in private hands, Regency-Superior Auctioneers of St. Louis is offering the 300-pound artifact as a part of its online space memorabilia sale.

Feb 19, 2018 · Today, it contains all kinds of Skylab artifacts that fell to Earth, including large titanium nitrogen spheres and oxygen tanks, fragments of metal and insulation foam, ruined circuit boards, a...

May 30, 2020 · NASA's Skylab met its demise in Australia more than 40 years ago. Under the cover of darkness, the flares were certainly a sight to behold. Almost kaleidoscopic, they hurtled through the air in a green and red hue, illuminating the barren West Australian landscape below.

Forty years ago today (July 11), NASA's defunct Skylab space station came crashing back to Earth, dropping big hunks of hardware into the Indian Ocean and across Western Australia. The fall...

Apr 30, 2023 · Early relic hunters scavenged the area for bits of Skylab. The largest pieces ended up in museums, including what’s now the Esperance Museum. But the debris field encompassed thousands of square ...