Skylab Orbital Workshop

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The Skylab Orbital Workshop was the main habitable module of NASA’s Skylab space station, providing living and working space for astronauts conducting long-duration scientific missions in Earth orbit in the 1970s.

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Skylab 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf habitable module
space station module
apogee approximately 455 kilometers at launch
associatedMission Skylab 2 NERFINISHED
Skylab 3 NERFINISHED
Skylab 4 NERFINISHED
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
crewSupportSystems environmental control and life support system
exercise equipment
food preparation facilities
sleeping quarters
waste management system
water management system
derivedFrom Saturn V S-IVB stage NERFINISHED
diameter approximately 6.6 meters
era 1970s
firstCrewArrivalDate 1973-05-25
inclination approximately 50 degrees
lastCrewDepartureDate 1974-02-08
launchDate 1973-05-14
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Saturn V NERFINISHED
length approximately 24.6 meters
mass approximately 77,000 kilograms
notableFeature first U.S. space station habitable workshop
integrated with Apollo Telescope Mount via multiple docking adapter
large open interior volume for crew activities
operator NASA
orbit low Earth orbit
orbitRegime near-circular low Earth orbit
partOf Skylab NERFINISHED
perigee approximately 433 kilometers at launch
powerGeneration photovoltaic solar arrays
powerSource solar panels
pressurizedVolume approximately 283 cubic meters
primaryFunction living quarters for astronauts
work area for scientific experiments
program Skylab program NERFINISHED
reentryCause orbital decay due to atmospheric drag
reentryDate 1979-07-11
reentryLocation over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia
scientificFacilities Earth resources experiment equipment
life sciences experiment facilities
materials science experiment racks
medical experiment equipment
spaceAgency National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED
spaceStationRole main habitable module of Skylab
structureType converted Saturn V upper stage
totalCrewedOccupationTime approximately 171 days

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Skylab 2 dockingTarget Skylab Orbital Workshop
Skylab 3 dockingTarget Skylab Orbital Workshop
Skylab 4 dockingTarget Skylab Orbital Workshop
Skylab 1 primaryPayload Skylab Orbital Workshop
this entity surface form: Skylab
Skylab 1 spaceStationLaunched Skylab Orbital Workshop
this entity surface form: Skylab
Skylab 3 spaceStationVisited Skylab Orbital Workshop
this entity surface form: Skylab
Skylab 4 spaceStationVisited Skylab Orbital Workshop
this entity surface form: Skylab
Skylab 1 spacecraftLaunched Skylab Orbital Workshop