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{{short description|First space station launched and operated by NASA (1973β1979)}} {{Other uses}} {{Use American English|date=January 2014}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox space station |COSPAR_ID = 1973-027A |SATCAT = 6633 |station = Skylab |station_image = Skylab (SL-4).jpg |station_image_caption = Skylab as photographed by its departing final crew ([[Skylab 4]]). |insignia = Skylab Program Patch.png |insignia_caption = Skylab program insignia |sign = Skylab |crew = 3 per mission (9 total) |launch = May 14, 1973 <br />17:30:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] ({{Age|1973|5|14}} years ago) |carrier_rocket = [[Saturn V]]<br><small>AS-513</small> |launch_pad = [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]] [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A|LC-39A]] |launch_contractor = |status = Deorbited |reentry = July 11, 1979 <br />16:37:00 UTC |mass = {{convert|168750|lb}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.nasa.gov/EP-107/ch4.htm |title=EP-107 Skylab: A Guidebook|date=January 1973 |publisher=NASA|access-date=28 February 2017 |last1=Belew |first1=L. F. |last2=Stuhlinger |first2=E. }} {{PD-notice}}</ref> <br />w/o Apollo CSM |length = {{convert|82.4|ft}} <br />w/o Apollo CSM |diameter = {{convert|21.67|ft}} |width = {{convert|55.8|ft}} <br />w/ one solar panel |height = {{convert|36.3|ft}} <br />w/ telescope mount |volume = {{convert|12417|cuft}} |pressure = {{convert|5.0|psi}} Oxygen 74%, nitrogen 26%<ref>{{harvp|Belew|1977|p=18}}</ref> |perigee = {{convert|269.7|mi}} |apogee = {{convert|274.6|mi}} |inclination = 50.0Β° |period = 93.4 minutes |orbits_day = 15.4 |in_orbit = 2249 days (6.6 years) |occupied = 171 days |orbits = 34,981 |distance = ~890,000,000 mi (1,400,000,000 km) |apsis = gee |as_of = Re-entry July 11, 1979 |configuration_image = Skylab illustration.jpg |configuration_caption = Skylab configuration as planned }} {{United States space program sidebar}} '''Skylab''' was the United States' first [[space station]], launched by [[NASA]],<ref>{{harvp|Belew|1977|p=15}}</ref> occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: [[Skylab 2]], [[Skylab 3]], and [[Skylab 4]]. Skylab was constructed from a repurposed [[Saturn V]] third stage (the [[S-IVB]]), and took the place of the stage during launch. Operations included an orbital workshop, a [[solar observatory]], [[Earth observation]] and hundreds of [[experiment]]s. Skylab's orbit eventually decayed and it disintegrated in the atmosphere on July 11, 1979, scattering debris across the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Western Australia]].
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