Timeline event · 14 May 1973 · The Space Race
Skylab, America's First Space Station
The United States launches Skylab, its first space station, where crews study the Sun and the effects of long-duration spaceflight on the human body.
Highlights
- ›The first US space station
Missions, people & worlds
Knowledge connections
- Part ofThe Space Race
- Associated withSkylab
- Associated withNASA
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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