Skylab program

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NASA space program space station program

The Skylab program was NASA’s first space station initiative, focused on long-duration human spaceflight and scientific research in Earth orbit during the 1970s.

Aliases (2)

Skylab ×2
Skylab missions ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA space program → space station program →
apogee	about 435 km →
country	United States →
crewNationality	American →
crewVehicle	Apollo Command and Service Module →
endTime	late 1970s →
era	Cold War space race →
firstCrewLaunchDate	1973-05-25 →
focus	long-duration human spaceflight → scientific research in Earth orbit →
inclination	about 50 degrees →
lastCrewReturnDate	1974-02-08 →
launchVehicleUsed	Saturn IB → Saturn V →
mainSpaceStation	Skylab →
notableAchievement	first American space station → record-breaking mission durations for the 1970s →
notableMission	Skylab 1 → Skylab 2 → Skylab 3 → Skylab 4 →
objective	conduct Earth resources observations → conduct solar astronomy → demonstrate long-duration human presence in space → study effects of weightlessness on humans →
operator	NASA →
perigee	about 430 km →
predecessor	Apollo program →
primaryOrbit	low Earth orbit →
relatedProgram	Apollo–Soyuz Test Project →
scientificDiscipline	Earth observation → biomedical research → microgravity research → solar physics →
scientificInstrument	Apollo Telescope Mount → Earth Resources Experiment Package → Multiple Docking Adapter experiments →
spaceAgency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration →
spaceStationLaunchDate	1973-05-14 →
spaceStationReentryDate	1979-07-11 →
spaceStationReentryLocation	Indian Ocean and Western Australia →
startTime	early 1970s →
successor	International Space Station program → Space Shuttle program →
totalCrewedMissions	3 →
totalCrewMembers	9 →
usedHardwareFrom	Apollo program surplus hardware →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B → Launch Operations Center →	usedForProgram
Apollo program →	followedBy
NASA spacecraft ("Skylab") →	includes
Skylab program ("Skylab") →	mainSpaceStation
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ("Skylab missions") →	notableLaunch
NASA →	notableProgram
LC-39B →	supportedProgram
Vehicle Assembly Building →	usedDuringProgram
Saturn V →	usedInProgram