Skylab: The Space Station That Fell on Australia
Cars That Think
APRIL 30, 2023
Fifty years ago, on 14 May 1973, a modified Saturn V rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center carrying Skylab, the United States’ first space station. The damaged solar panels could not generate enough electricity to power the space station. Skylab’s sun shield, shown here dangling by a thin strap, was damaged during launch.
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