1973 launch of Skylab was the first of U.S. space stations.

On May 14, 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the first American space station. Skylab orbited Earth for six years and supported ...

In the 1970s, America’s first space station allowed three crews of astronauts to conduct hundreds of experiments. Skylab, however, is mostly remembered for the frenzy surrounding its return to Earth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Feb. 8, 1974, the last crew of the Skylab space station returned to Earth. Skylab was the first and only American space station ...

On July 11, 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth as it burned up in the atmosphere, showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. The last ...

Although Skylab anomalies have been discussed previously, the documents released Friday are considered new to the public.

The Skylab space station crashed into a debris field scattered across the Indian Ocean and Western Australia on July 11th, 1979. On that day, the only orbital workshop the United States ever operated ...