Skylab
By:Jose Puente
what is the Skylab
Skylab was a space station launched and operated by NASA and was the United States first space station.The Skylab had orbited the earth from 1973 to 1979.IT was launched unmanned by a modified Saturn V rocket whit a weight of 150,300 pounds.
Mission Highlights and Achievements
The crew rendezvoused with skylab at its fifth orbit around the earth.The mission was completed at the 404 orbit and 392 experiment hours,as well as the three EVAs totaling six hours and 20 minutes.
The Achievements are that they installed a solar shield "parasol"from the scientific airlock.And it doubled previous lenght of the time in space.
about skylab
The Skylab lifting off
it was in May 25,1973 it was at 9 AM EDT.
The people that ware in the skylab
Skylab in space
It goes around the earth.
IT was the first space station in space
The day skylab crashed to earth
on july, 1979,the world watched as skylab, American's first manned space station, hurtled toward earth.