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Good News in History, May 14
51 years ago today, Skylab was launched into orbit, the first and only space station to be entirely built and funded by the US....
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On This Day in History
Good News in History, May 14
51 years ago today, Skylab was launched into orbit, the first and only space station to be entirely built and funded by the US. Occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974, it was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation, and hundreds of experiments. READ more... (1973)