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		The Skylab space station was launched May 14, 1973, from the NASA Kennedy Space Center by a huge Saturn V launch vehicle, the moon rocket of the Apollo Space Program.
		Skylab's achievements are a summary of the accomplishments of many ground-based persons as well as its three separate crews who were launched in Apollo-type command modules by Saturn IB vehicles on May 25, July 28, and November 16, 1973.
		The capability to conduct longer manned missions was conclusively demonstrated in Skylab, first by the crew returning from the 28 day mission and, more forcefully, by the good health and physical condition of the second and third Skylab crews who stayed in weightless space for 59 and 84 days respectively.
	library.thinkquest.org /C006381/skylab.shtml (854 words)

	Skylab from Above - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Skylab 4 astronauts took this photograph of the United States Skylab space station over the cloud-covered earth from their Apollo spacecraft as they prepared to return home on February 8, 1974.
		The sheet of gold-colored material stretched over the station is a makeshift sun shield that the astronauts of Skylab 2 set up to replace a sun and micrometeoroid shield that fell off during launch.
		As the shield fell, it knocked loose a winglike array of electricity-producing solar panels that was supposed to be in the same position on the left as the remaining array is on the right.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461519564/Skylab_from_Above.html (107 words)

	Skylab
		Skylab consisted of the orbital workshop itself, an airlock module, a multiple docking adapter, and the Apollo telescope mount.
		Skylab was equipped to observe Earth’s natural resources and the environment, and activity on the Sun.
		Before the Skylab 4 crew left, they boosted the space station to a slightly higher orbit which varied from 430 to 455 km.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/Skylab.html (1241 words)

	eoPortal directory: Skylab Space Station
		The overall objectives of Skylab were to learn about space and to have people live and work in space for longer periods in a laboratory-like environment to conduct experiments (a limiting factor on time in orbit was how much supplies the crew could bring with them).
		Skylab was unique in that the presence of man made it possible to use photographic film as the prime detection and recording media for a variety of optical instruments and experiments.
		A main goal of Skylab was the study of the sun, in particular the corona with its flares and coronal transients, referred to as CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejections), in several wavelength regions not accessible from Earth.
	directory.eoportal.org /pres_SkylabSpaceStation.html (9176 words)

	Skylab
		Skylab re-entered the earth's atmosphere amid worldwide hysteria on July 11, 1979, with chunks of the disintegrating space station crashing over a wide area of Australia.
		The Skylab MDA flight unit was flown from MSFC to Martin Marietta's Denver division where it was to be outfitted with controls and display panels for solar astronomy and Earth resources experiments, storage vaults for experiment film, and a thruster attitude control system.
		A Skylab crew news conference, with prime and backup crewmen, was held at MSC.
	www.astronautix.com /craft/skylab.htm (8106 words)

	Skylab Summary
		Skylab was actually the refitted S-IVB second stage of a Saturn IB booster (from the AS-212 vehicle), a leftover from the Apollo program originally intended for one of the canceled Apollo earth orbital missions.
		Skylab was launched May 14, 1973 by a Saturn INT-21 (a two-stage version of the Saturn V launch vehicle).
		Increased solar activity, heating the outer layers of the earth's atmosphere and thereby increasing drag on Skylab, led to an early reentry at approximately 16:37 UTC July 11, 1979.
	www.bookrags.com /Skylab (3328 words)

	Skylab 4
		The eggs would be launched on Skylab 4 and then transferred to the OWS sleep compartment area where they would be monitored during the course of the SL-4 mission.
		A shift in the Skylab 4 launch schedule was required in order to replace eight cracked fins on the S-IB.
		From the review and closeout of action items, the Skylab 4 vehicle was determined to be ready for launch on 16 November 1973.
	www.astronautix.com /flights/skylab4.htm (1393 words)

	Skylab
		Therefore, for Skylab to use the lithium hydroxide filters, a large supply had to be carried on board Skylab or delivered with each crew, which, since keeping weight to a minimum is always a desired effect for spacecraft, was not possible.
		Skylab itself had a Sun seeker mounted in the ATM that was designed to remain pointing towards the center of the Sun, giving the Skylab module a reference vector to the Sun.
		Though Skylab did have thrusters, not enough fuel could be carried on board to cover all the manuveurs that were to be required during the three Skylab missions.
	www.tsgc.utexas.edu /archive/characterizations/skylab.html (6003 words)

	Spaceflight :Skylab
		Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, is seen outside the Skylab space station in Earth orbit during the August 5, 1973, Skylab 3 extravehicular activity (EVA) in this photographic reproduction taken from a television transmission made by a color TV camera aboard the space station.
		The Skylab space station was launched May 14, 1973, from the NASA Kennedy Space Center by a huge Saturn V launch vehicle.
		By June 4, 10 days after launch, the workshop was fully operational, and the crew began to conduct solar astronomy and Earth resources experiments, medical studies, and student experiments.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/SPACEFLIGHT/skylab/SP23.htm (1523 words)

	BIOMEDICAL RESULTS FROM SKYLAB - Changes in the Achilles Tendon Reflexes Following Skylab Missions (Sec.2,Ch.15)
		For the Skylab 4 mission fiducial limits for the normal were calculated since a preflight baseline consisting of three separate test values was available.
		The results for the Skylab 4 mission are presented in figure 15-3.
		It is interesting to observe that the crews of the Skylab 4 mission seemed perhaps slightly less affected, as regards reflex durations, by their increased time in space.
	lsda.jsc.nasa.gov /books/skylab/Ch15.htm (1702 words)

	Planetarium.Net Skylab Human Spaceflight Timeline
		Skylab was actually the third stage of a Saturn V rocket.
		The deployment of the shield damaged one of the solar array mounts and caused the array to be torn from its mount.
		When the Skylab 4 crew splashed down on February 8, 1974, mission control conducted a few more experiments from the ground and then shut the station down.
	www.planetarium.net /edcenter/human/skylab.htm (418 words)

	Skylab Space Station
		Skylab Space Station was assembled from Saturn V and Apollo components.
		Skylab's purpose was to serve as a laborarory for scientific experiments in space until February 1974.
		Skylab Space Station was a modified third stage of a Saturn V moon rocket.
	www.aerospaceguide.net /spacestation/skylab.html (2253 words)

	Apollo Telescope Mount
		SKYLAB and the attached Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) were launched into near earth orbit by a Saturn V rocket on 14 May 1973.
		Skylab was a scientist's spacecraft: its experiments were many and sound and foremost in the mission.
		The entire complex was christened Skylab and would be placed in orbit with a Saturn V. Three visits were planned, for 26, 56, and 56 days; it was hoped to operate the ATM and other experiments over a period of 9 months.
	wwwsolar.nrl.navy.mil /skylab_atm.html (3587 words)

	Skylab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first job of the Skylab crew aboard Skylab 2 after docking their Apollo craft with Skylab 1 was to repair the damaged areas of Skylab 1.
		Skylab 4, launched on November 16, 1973, was the last of the Skylab missions.
		Skylab 1 was supposed to orbit the earth until the 1990's, but due to the effect of the solar wind gradually shifted the craft's orbit closer to the earth's atmosphere, and Skylab 1 fell to the earth over a wide area from the Indian Ocean to southwestern Australia.
	library.thinkquest.org /29033/voyages/skylab.htm (474 words)

	Skylab SL-1
		It was decided the mission was not needed and Skylab could stay in orbit until the space shuttle was ready.
		There was consideration of launching a second Skylab in 1975 or 1976 using surplus hardware from the Apollo missions, the ASTP, and the first Skylab, but the hardware was mothballed in 1973.
		While Skylab was the first orbiting American space station, it was not the first proposed.
	www.worldspaceflight.com /america/skylab1.htm (261 words)

	NASA/Marshall Solar Physics
		Skylab, the first US space station, was launched into orbit on May 14, 1973 as part of the Apollo program.
		When Skylab was launched it lost a solar panel and part of its external shielding.
		Skylab astronauts had to rig a "golden umbrella" to keep their habitat comfortable.
	solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov /Skylab.shtml (308 words)

	Skylab 4
		As a better understanding of the SL-3 problem was obtained, the SL 4 checkout flow was adjusted on 13 August to support an earliest launch date of 25 September, which allowed a complete spacecraft integrated systems test to be conducted.
		(4) KSC would continue the present rescue vehicle flow through 9 September 1973 (readiness for hypergolic loading), at which time a hold mode with a nine-day launch capability would be maintained.
		The Skylab crew sketched the form of the comet and described various colorations, characteristics, and light intensities.
	www.friends-partners.org /oldfriends/mwade/flights/skylab4.htm (3236 words)

	Mass Measurements aboard Space Station Skylab
		The orbit of Skylab was not high enough to avoid atmospheric friction, and over the years the station gradually lost altitude.
		Prior to the Skylab mission it was observed that both US and Russian astronauts returning from space had lost weight, and NASA worried whether this implied some physical deterioration which could grow worse on longer flights.
		To better observe the process, Skylab carried three mass-measuring devices--two small ones (experiment M074) for measuring the intake and outgo of each astronaut, and a large one (experiment M172) with an oscillating chair, designed for daily monitoring of the weight of the astronauts.
	www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov /stargaze/Sskylab.htm (858 words)

	NASM--Apollo to the Moon--Apollo Command Module, Skylab 4
		It was used to ferry the crew of the last Skylab mission, astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue, to the Skylab Orbital Workshop and back to Earth again.
		The Skylab 4 crew lived in the Skylab for 84 days, from Nov. 16, 1973 to Feb. 8, 1974.
		Skylab was a manned space station launched into Earth orbit by the United States in May 1973.
	www.nasm.si.edu /GALLERIES/ATTM/pa.2.html (143 words)

	Skylab Quicklook
		Skylab was the first US orbiting space station.
		Vibrations caused a critical meteoroid shield to rip off taking one of the craft's two solar panels with it; a piece of the shield wrapped around the other panel keeping it from deploying.
		The total dimensions of the Skylab 1 space station is approximately 84 feet long and 22 feet diameter (at widest point).
	samadhi.jpl.nasa.gov /msl/QuickLooks/skylabQL.html (221 words)

	Space Cowboy Saloon
		NASA had them go ahead and dock-figuring that they were safer aboard Skylab-and then, 6 days later, noted a problem with another thruster quad.
		Activities were curtailed for a couple of days, and the docs back in Houston had them change their diet; after about 5 days, they were adjusted well enough to zero-G that NASA had them go on with the flight plan.
		Jack, Owen, and Al hold a TV press conference from Skylab on Sept. 21, at the dinner table in the wardroom.
	groups.msn.com /spacecowboysaloon/skylab3underconstruction.msnw (1294 words)

	The Rescue That Never Was: Skylab 3
		Long before Skylab was ever built, planners began to realize that unlike past programs, a rescue could occur if there were problems with the CSM while it was docked to the station.
		Because of Skylab’s large stores of oxygen, food, and water a crew could stay onboard for several weeks until a rescue effort could be prepared and eventually launched.
		Quickly, an Apollo spacecraft (CSM 118) reserved for the Skylab 4 mission began to be fitted with a “rescue kit.” If all went well, the rescue CSM would be ready for launch in about 3 weeks.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/residence_space/58956/3 (502 words)

	Skylab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Skylab was the United States's first space station.
		Skylab was launched May 14, 1973 by a two-stage version of the Saturn V booster (the SL-1 mission).
		All told, Skylab orbited Earth 2,476 times during the 171 days and 13 hours of its occupation during the three manned Skylab missions.
	abcworld.net /Skylab (789 words)

	Skylab Space Station Images
		The Skylab 3 SIV-B second stage of the Saturn 1B rocket viewed from the Apollo Command/Service Module.
		The interior of the Skylab station with the Skylab 4 crew
		Skylab above the Earth as seen during Skylab 4 mission
	heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/heasarc/missions/images/skylab_images.html (134 words)

	Space Cowboy Saloon
		Once again, Skylab 4, the third manned mission, was publicly known as Skylab III-even though the mission patch doesn't indicate that.
		November 4, 1971: The S-IVB upper stage for Skylab 4's Saturn IB booster arrives at the Kennedy Space Center Skid Strip (later used for Shuttle landings) via Super Guppy.
		Skylab 4 lifts off from Pad 39B at 9:01 AM EST, November 16, 1973.
	groups.msn.com /spacecowboysaloon/skylab4.msnw (921 words)

	Skylab - Wikimedia Commons
		Skylab space station diagram (as it was planned)
		This image is an artist’s concept of the Skylab in orbit with callouts of its major components.
		Skylab as seen by the arriving Skylab 3 crew
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Skylab?uselang=de (136 words)

	Skylab Spacewalks (1973 - 1974)
		The Skylab space station lost debris during lift-off on May 14, 1973 that resulted in losing one solar array and jamming a second solar array.
		The Skylab 2 spacecraft undocked and moved close to the jammed solar array.
		Weitz, standing from the Skylab 2 Command Module hatch, attempted to free the jammed solar array.
	pages.prodigy.net /pxkb94ars/Spacewalks/Skylab_Spacewalks.htm (497 words)

	Manned Space Chronology: Skylab 3
		Launch crews at the Kennedy Space Center were placed on a 24-hour per-day, seven day per-week work schedule to prepare the Skylab 4 Saturn IB launch vehicle for flight in case an early launch was needed for a rescue operation.
		A decision was made to continue the mission, and although the Skylab 4 launch vehicle had been rushed to flight-readiness, the CSM performed flawlessly during re-entry operations.
		During this spacewalk, the astronauts were able to extend an external twin-pole thermal shield to replace the parasol thermal shield installed by the Skylab 2 crew.
	www.spaceline.org /flightchron/skylab3.html (439 words)

	SKYLAB'S HOME PAGE
		OSF's Skylab page is a brief description of the space station with a pic of the project patch.
		OSF's Skylab 2 page is a brief description of the mission with a pic of the mission patch.
		OSF's Skylab 4 page is a brief description of the mission with a pic of the mission patch.
	www.xmission.com /~skylab/skylab.html (644 words)

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