Skylab was the first U.S. space station, flying above the Earth's surface from 1973 to 1979. Three crewed Skylab missions ...

But after 34,980 orbits of the Earth, Skylab was finally coming apart at the seams. The fuel tanks were almost empty and the gyroscope was cactus. The funds to haul it to a higher orbit hadn't ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. Skylab, America’s first space station and the first crewed research laboratory in space, lifted off on May 14 ...