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AI overview
Skylab was America's first space station, launched by NASA in 1973 and occupied by three rotating crews of astronauts for about six months while conducting hundreds of experiments, solar observations, and Earth studies. The station was built from a repurposed rocket stage and eventually fell back to Earth in 1979, ending its operational life.
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Key facts
- Space station.COSPAR_ID
- 1973-027A
- Space station.SATCAT
- 6633
- Space station.station
- Skylab
- Space station.station_image
- Skylab (SL-4).jpg
- Space station.station_image_caption
- Skylab as photographed by its departing final crew (Skylab 4).
- Space station.insignia
- Skylab Program Patch.png
- Space station.insignia_caption
- Skylab program insignia
- Space station.sign
- Skylab
- Space station.crew
- 3 per mission (9 total)
- Space station.launch
- May 14, 1973 17:30:00 UTC ( years ago)
- Space station.carrier_rocket
- Saturn VAS-513
- Space station.launch_pad