Skylab consisted of four major components: the Orbital Workshop (OWS), the Airlock Module (AM), the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) and the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM).

NASA launched Skylab, America’s first space station, into space 50 years ago in May 1973, ... The airlock was almost 18 feet long and 22 feet wide at its greatest diameter.

Skylab also identified small quality-of-life changes that could make orbit more comfortable, such as the cuisine. “The food was generally considered a bit too bland,” Muir-Harmony says.

On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, ... (IU) was incorporated at the forward end of the OWS, with a four-sector payload fairing encapsulating the airlock, ...

Over time, the Skylab concept vehicle evolved to sport four distinct major components, the Airlock Module, the Multiple Docking Adapter, the Apollo Telescope Mount, and the heart and soul of the ...

As the U.S. and its partners involved in the International Space Station work through another possible down-to-the-wire, space station deorbiting scenario, a top takeaway from Skylab still applies ...

On May 14, 1973, watched by 25,000 rapt spectators, the last Saturn V patiently sat on Launch Pad 39A at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Atop the rocket was Skylab, the biggest, heaviest ...

This probe is part of the test equipment kit from the backup Skylab orbital workshop that is displayed in the Museum. The air velocity meter probe (velometer probe) could be attached to a velometer ...

After the Skylab program was canceled as effort shifted to Space Shuttle development, NASA transferred the backup Skylab to the National Air and Space Museum in 1975. On display in the Museum's Space ...