On 28 July 1973, the Skylab 3 crew of Alan Bean, Jack Lousma, and Owen Garriott lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, bound for the Skylab Orbital Workshop in Earth orbit.

Shield debris had pummeled SA-513, tearing at least one hole in the tapered interstage adapter that linked its S-II second stage with the OWS. It also apparently damaged the system for separating the ...

On Feb. 8, 1974, the third and final manned Skylab mission came to an end. After a record-breaking 84-day mission, the command module carrying the three-man Skylab crew successfully splashed down in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Skylab orbital workshop lifts off atop the last Saturn V rocket to fly on May 14, 1973, from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Space.com Before the International Space Station existed, before U.S. astronauts shared space on Russia's space station Mir, America's ...

Skylab astronauts took the photograph above as they left the orbiting laboratory in February 1974 following the third and final manned mission. Upon realizing that Skylab's 40th anniversary was ...

After the final Apollo moon landing, NASA repurposed surplus Apollo and Saturn V rocket hardware for the Skylab space station program. Nine astronauts inhabited Skylab for a total of 171 days between ...

In the 1970s, America’s first space station allowed three crews of astronauts to conduct hundreds of experiments. Skylab, however, is mostly remembered for the frenzy surrounding its return to Earth ...

NASA announced in January that it was moving its visitor center from its Brook Park facility to the downtown museum so more people could access it. Over the last four months, pieces of exhibits -- ...

Click to open image viewer. The Skylab 3 crew used this small notebook during test flights of a personal maneuvering unit designed for mobility during extravehicular activity (EVA, or spacewalks). The ...