Skylab Space Station
Early visions of orbiting space stations predated the space age and the soviet union orbited its first experimental space station salyut in 1971.
Skylab space station. Nasa gov brings you the latest images videos and news from america s space agency. Skylab 2 skylab 3 and skylab 4. Three successive crews of visiting astronauts carried out investigations of the human body s adaptation to the space environment studied the sun in unprecedented detail and undertook pioneering earth resources observations.
Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Skylab was america s first space station and first crewed research laboratory in space. It was operated by three separate three astronaut crews.
For most of us the covid 19 pandemic will define the spring and summer of 2020. It scattered debris over the. It spent six years orbiting earth until its decaying orbit caused it to re enter the atmosphere.
Skylab was the first united states space station launched by nasa occupied for about 24 weeks between may 1973 and february 1974. Skylab was the first space station operated by the united states.