Skylab
America's inaugural station
Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched in 1973 and occupied by three successive crews before being abandoned in 1974.
It reentered Earth's atmosphere in 1979, scattering debris over Western Australia.
The name occasionally serves as shorthand for ambitious but short-lived projects: Their startup was a Skylab—impressive launch, spectacular crash.
Federal space exploration bureau
- orbitalRevolving around another
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- space stationOrbiting crewed research facility
- moduleIndependent functional component
airlock · docking · astronaut · microgravity · crew quarters · experiment · weightlessness · habitat
Orbiting crewed research facility
- long-durationExtending over considerable time
- spaceflightVoyaging beyond Earth's atmosphere
- medical researchScientific study of health
- photographyCreating images from light
materials science · precursor · Mir · ISS · habitation · lessons learned · endurance · human factors
A calendar year
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- Western AustraliaLargest Australian state
- scatterDistribute in random directions
decay · orbital decay · tumbling · breakup · atmosphere · fireball · fragments · souvenirs
Activity outside spacecraft
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
- repairsRestorative maintenance work
- sunshadeDevice blocking direct light
- parasolHandheld shade device
record-breaking · launch · splashdown · rescue mission · scientific research
Defense against temperature extremes
- overheatingBecoming dangerously warm
- solar panelLight-to-power converter
- stuckUnable to move
- repairRestore to working order
improvised · sunshade · parasol · deployment · salvage · troubleshooting · malfunction · power loss
NASA
Federal space exploration bureau
- orbitalRevolving around another
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- space stationOrbiting crewed research facility
module · airlock · docking · astronaut · microgravity · crew quarters · experiment · weightlessness · habitat · outpost
space station
Orbiting crewed research facility
- long-durationExtending over considerable time
- spaceflightVoyaging beyond Earth's atmosphere
- medical researchScientific study of health
photography · materials science · precursor · Mir · ISS · habitation · lessons learned · endurance · human factors · exercise
1979
A calendar year
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- Western AustraliaLargest Australian state
scatter · decay · orbital decay · tumbling · breakup · atmosphere · fireball · fragments · souvenirs · uncontrolled
EVA
Activity outside spacecraft
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
- repairsRestorative maintenance work
- sunshadeDevice blocking direct light
parasol · record-breaking · launch · splashdown · rescue mission · scientific research
thermal protection
Defense against temperature extremes
- overheatingBecoming dangerously warm
- solar panelLight-to-power converter
- stuckUnable to move
repair · improvised · sunshade · parasol · deployment · salvage · troubleshooting · malfunction · power loss · crisis
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- Space HistoryApollo 11, moon landing, Sputnik, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- 70sdisco, bell-bottoms, Saturday Night Fever, pet rock, leisure suits
- 1970s ScienceVoyager missions, CT scan, recombinant DNA, gene splicing, microprocessor
- 1973Watergate, oil crisis, Roe v Wade, Yom Kippur War, Secretariat
SkylabSpace Shuttle
Reusable orbital spacecraft
Soyuz · shuttle · launch vehicle · rocket · capsule