Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Skylab orbital workshop lifts off atop the last Saturn V rocket to fly on May 14, 1973, from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space ...

Click to open image viewer. The Skylab 3 Command and Service Modules (CSM 117) were launched on July 28, 1973, for the second manned Skylab visit. On board were astronauts Alan L. Bean, Jack R. Lousma ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Space.com Before the International Space Station existed, before U.S. astronauts shared space on Russia's space station Mir, America's ...

In the 1970s, America’s first space station allowed three crews of astronauts to conduct hundreds of experiments. Skylab, however, is mostly remembered for the frenzy surrounding its return to Earth ...

What happens when a space station falls out of the sky? The world got a preview back in 1979 with the end of Skylab, the United States' first space station. NASA had placed Skylab into Earth orbit six ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Project Skylab 3: A New Frontier Project Skylab 3: A New Frontier is an educational Algebra Sci-Fi FPS that takes place on the surface of Mars. Learn ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. May 25 (UPI) Fifty years ago, on May 25, 1973, three NASA astronauts were launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to spend a month aboard Skylab, America's first space ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...