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=== Configuration === Skylab included the [[Apollo Telescope Mount]] (a multi-spectral solar observatory), a multiple docking adapter with two docking ports, an airlock module with [[extravehicular activity]] (EVA) hatches, and the orbital workshop, the main habitable space inside Skylab. Electrical power came from solar arrays and fuel cells in the docked Apollo CSM. The rear of the station included a large waste tank, propellant tanks for maneuvering jets, and a heat radiator. Astronauts conducted numerous experiments aboard Skylab during its operational life. {| class="wiki table plain row headers" |+ Component data |- ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Component ! scope="col" colspan=2 | Mass<ref name="1973 Evaluation"/><ref name="Gatland">{{cite book |last1=Bono |first1=Phillip |title=Frontiers of Space |last2=Gatland |first2=Kenneth |date=1976 |publisher=MacMillan |edition=1st American Revised <!--|access-date=February 8, 2016--> |page=121 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="ep-107-Chapter4">{{cite web |url=https://history.nasa.gov/EP-107/ch4.htm|title=EP-107 Skylab: A Guidebook. Chapter IV: Skylab Design and Operation|date=January 1973 |publisher=NASA History|access-date=29 May 2016 |last1=Belew |first1=L. F. |last2=Stuhlinger |first2=E. }} {{PD-notice}}</ref> ! scope="col" colspan=2 | Habitable volume ! scope="col" colspan=2 | Length ! scope="col" colspan=2 | Diameter ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Image |- ! scope="col" | {{abbr|lb|pounds (mass)}} ! scope="col" | {{abbr|kg|kilgrams}} ! scope="col" | {{abbr|ft<sup>3</sup>|cubic feet}} ! scope="col" | {{abbr|m<sup>3</sup>|cubic meters}} ! scope="col" | ft ! scope="col" | m ! scope="col" | ft ! scope="col" | m |- ! scope="row" | [[Payload fairing|Payload shroud]] | {{convert|25600|lb|disp=table}} || colspan=2 {{n/a}} || {{convert|56.0|ft|disp=table}} || {{convert|21.6|ft|disp=table}} || |- ! scope="row" | [[Apollo Telescope Mount]] | {{convert|24500|lb|disp=table}} || colspan=2 {{n/a}} || {{convert|14.7|ft|disp=table}} || {{convert|11.3|ft|disp=table}} || [[File:Cover3skylabcompontents (cropped 3 - ATM).jpg|100x100px|center]] |- ! scope="row" | [[Skylab B#Multiple Docking Adapter|Multiple Docking Adapter]] | {{convert|12000|lb|disp=table}} || {{convert|1140|ft3|disp=table}} || {{convert|17.3|ft|disp=table}} || {{convert|10.5|ft|disp=table}} || [[File:Cover3skylabcompontents (cropped 2 - MDA).jpg|100x100px|center]] |- ! scope="row" | [[Skylab B#Airlock Module|Airlock module]] | {{convert|49000|lb|disp=table}} || {{convert|613|ft3|disp=table}} || {{convert|17.6|ft|disp=table}} || {{convert|10.5|ft|disp=table}} || [[File:Cover3skylabcompontents (cropped 4 - Airlock).jpg|100x100px|center]] |- ! scope="row" | [[Saturn V instrument unit]] | {{convert|4600|lb|disp=table}} || colspan=2 {{n/a}} || {{convert|3.0|ft|disp=table}} || {{convert|21.6|ft|disp=table}} || [[File:Cover3skylabcompontents (cropped 5 - IU).jpg|100x100px|center]] |- ! scope="row" | Orbital Workshop | {{convert|78000|lb|disp=table}}<ref name="ep-107-Chapter4"/> || {{convert|9550|ft3|disp=table}}<ref name="ep-107-Chapter4"/> || {{convert|48.1|ft|disp=table}} || {{convert|21.6|ft|disp=table}} || [[File:Cover3skylabcompontents (cropped 6 - OW).jpg|100x100px|center]] |- style="background:#EAECF0; font-weight: bold;" ! scope="row" style="font-weight: bold;" | Total in orbit | {{convert|168750|lb|disp=table}} || {{convert|12417|ft3|disp=table}} || {{convert|82.4|ft|disp=table}} || {{convert|21.6|ft|disp=table}} || |- ! scope="row" | [[Apollo command and service module|Apollo CSM]] | {{convert|31000|lb|disp=table}} || {{convert|210|ft3|disp=table}} || {{convert|36.1|ft|disp=table}} || {{convert|12.8|ft|disp=table}} || [[File:Cover3skylabcompontents (cropped 1 - CSM).jpg|100x100px|center]] |- style="background:#EAECF0; font-weight: bold;" ! scope="row" style="font-weight: bold;" | Total with CSM | {{convert|199750|lb|disp=table}}<ref name="ep-107-Chapter4"/> || {{convert|12627|ft3|disp=table}} || {{convert|118.5|ft|disp=table}} || {{convert|21.6|ft|disp=table}} || |}
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