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Skylab

1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach

Skylab

First U.S. space station; supported long-duration crewed research.

Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
14 May 1973
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Earth orbit
Category
Space station
Status
Success
Vehicle
Saturn IB SA-206
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
Geocentric orbit
Duration
28 days, 49 minutes, 49 seconds

Why it happened

Skylab flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of United States's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First U.S. space station; supported long-duration crewed research.

Results

First U.S. space station; supported long-duration crewed research.

Related missions

Skylab Copernicus (OAO-3) — same_target Copernicus Landsat 1 — same_target Landsat 1 Salyut 1 — same_target Salyut 1 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project — same_target Apollo–Soyuz …

Salyut 1

Partial success

Soviet Union · 1971

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-22)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog