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First american space station. Program used to practice space rendezvous and evas. Skylab america s first space station is successfully launched into an orbit around the earth. In general space stations have the ability for other spacecraft to dock to them. Skylab was the first space station operated by the united states.
Skylab was america s first space station and first crewed research laboratory in space. Other experimental and prototype labs are also in orbit. A space station is a crewed satellite designed to remain in low earth orbit for a long period of time. The first mention of anything resembling a space station occurred in edward everett hale s 1869 the brick moon.
Previous stations include the salyut and. The first eva by a black african american was on february 9 1995 by bernard a. The launch of skylab america s first space station on board a modified saturn v rocket from nasa s kennedy space center in fla. 1971 1975 1975 1 joint with soviet union.
Skylab 2 skylab 3 and skylab 4. 1960 1968 1972 11. Landed first humans on the moon skylab. The first eva by a non soviet non american was made on december 9 1988 by jean loup chrétien of france during a three week stay on the mir space station.
First missions in which a spacecraft was reused shuttle mir program. As of 2020 the international space station is the only operational crewed space station currently in orbit. First american space station apollo soyuz test project. On may 14 1973 marked a new phase for american s human space flight program.
Early visions of orbiting space stations predated the space age and the soviet union orbited its first experimental space station salyut in 1971. The first to give serious scientifically grounded consideration to space stations were konstantin tsiolkovsky and hermann oberth about two decades apart in the early 20th century. It scattered debris over the. The first eva by a japanese astronaut was made on november 25 1997 by takao doi during sts 87.
It spent six years orbiting earth until its decaying orbit caused it to re enter the atmosphere. Astronauts charles conrad joseph kerwin and paul weitz made a rendezvous. It was operated by three separate three astronaut crews. 1964 1973 1974 3.
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