Forty-five years ago today, the first U.S. space station, Skylab, slipped from orbit and crashed to Earth. It had been 65 months since the last crew had departed. NASA had hopes of keeping it around ...
The recent anniversaries of the Apollo moon missions loomed large, but another milestone achieved half a century ago also deserves attention: On May 14, 1973, the United States launched Skylab, its ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. May 25 (UPI) Fifty years ago, on May 25, 1973, three NASA astronauts were launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to spend a month aboard Skylab, America's first space ...