Skylab Space Station

It spent six years orbiting earth until its decaying orbit caused it to re enter the atmosphere.
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. But 41 years ago the impending crash of the skylab space station defined the summer of 1979 for people across much. 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 2 skylab 3 and skylab 4.
Major operations included an orbital workshop a solar observatory earth observation and hundreds of experiments. Skylab was america s first space station and first crewed research laboratory in space. 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. Space station launched into earth orbit on may 14 1973.
Skylab was the first space station operated by the united states. 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.