1973 launch of Skylab was the first of U.S. space stations.

On May 14, 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the first American space station. Skylab orbited Earth for six years and supported ...

On May 14, 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the first American space station. Skylab orbited Earth for six years and supported three crewed missions during which astronauts conducted hundreds of science ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 11, 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth as it burned up in the atmosphere, ...

Visitors to Space Center Houston have walked past a Skylab training model storage locker during trips to the museum for years. Little did they know there were still items in it that hadn't seen the ...

A week before its residents are evicted, Skylab Gallery will put on its final show. The collective DIY arts and performance space, located at 57 E. Gay St., will host musicians Chris McKee, Fractured ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Feb. 8, 1974, the last crew of the Skylab space station returned to Earth. Skylab was the first and only American space station ...

This week in 1973, the uncrewed Skylab was launched aboard a modified Saturn V rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The initial concept for the orbital workshop was devised at NASA’s Marshall ...

Forty-five years ago today, the first U.S. space station, Skylab, slipped from orbit and crashed to Earth. It had been 65 months since the last crew had departed. NASA had hopes of keeping it around ...

We received news Friday that Skylab will not go indoors for the next 2 years. This leaves use out in the cold (literally). We are still on schedule to be completed with our restoration efforts by June ...