Spacecraft which reentered in 1979

Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched by NASA, 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. Skylab was constructed from a repurposed Saturn V third stage (the S-IVB), and took the place of the stage during launch. Operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation and hundreds of experiments. Skylab's orbit eventually decayed and it disintegrated in the atmosphere on July 11, 1979, scattering debris across the Indian Ocean and Western Austra

first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy

1979 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Salyut 6

crewed flight of the Soyuz programme

1979 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station

NASA satellite of the Explorer program