Stephen Bowen remembers seeing Skylab fly overhead. At eight years old, Bowen's experience watching the United States' first space station cross the night sky fueled his interest in spaceflight.

UNITED STATES - APRIL 24: This spectacular view of Skylab, clearly showing the sun shield, was taken by the crew of Skylab 4, the last manned mission to the space station, as they returned home.

What happens when a space station falls out of the sky? The world got a preview back in 1979 with the end of Skylab, the United States' first space station. NASA had placed Skylab into Earth orbit six ...

In 1973, Skylab 4 became famous for a supposed astronaut strike, but the real story is a high-pressure breakdown in communication fueled by exhaustion and micromanagement. This episode follows how a ...

Thursday is the 40th anniversary of Skylab falling back to Earth. While most people know it as America’s first manned space station, its influence extends much further. Skylab launched May 14, 1973 ...

Before the International Space Station existed, before U.S. astronauts shared space on Russia's space station Mir, America's first home in Earth orbit was Skylab. The converted upper stage of a ...

Skylab launched into space by the unmanned Saturn V rocket on May 14, 1973 from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The space station went unmanned for over a week until Commander Charles C.

Four decades after the United States' first space station roared into orbit, a second version of the groundbreaking craft may be on the horizon. NASA launched the Skylab space station 40 years ago ...

The space station was the nation's first effort at long-term human space missions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Skylab was the ...

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 ...