Skylab

Date: 14 May 1973 to 8 Feb 1974
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Skylab Orbiting Laboratory

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Skylab was the United States' first and only space station, orbiting Earth from 1973 to 1979, when it fell back to Earth amid huge worldwide media attention. Launched and operated by NASA, Skylab included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems necessary for crew survival and scientific experiments.

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#	Mission	Commander	Science Pilot	Pilot	Launch	Land	On Display
1	Skylab 1	none	none	none	05/14/1973	07/11/1979	Destroyed
2	Skylab 2	Conrad	Kerwin	Weitz	05/25/1973	06/22/1973	National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, Florida
3	Skylab 3	Bean	Garriott	Lousma	07/28/1973	09/25/1973	NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
4	Skylab 4	Carr	Gibson	Pogue	11/16/1973	02/08/1974	National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
5	Skylab 5	Brand	Lenoir	Lind	(Cancelled)	(Cancelled)
6	Skylab Rescue	Brand	Lind	(Survivors)	(On Standby)	(On Standby)	Apollo/Saturn V Center, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

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See also:

• Wikipedia: Skylab
• Wikidata: Item Q190776, en:Wikipedia