On 28 July 1973, the Skylab 3 crew of Alan Bean, Jack Lousma, and Owen Garriott lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, bound for the Skylab Orbital Workshop in Earth orbit.

NASA launched the unmanned Skylab-1 into orbit by a Saturn V booster 40 years ago today, on May 14, 1973, from Kennedy Space Center. It was the United States’s first foray into significant scientific ...

Today is Friday, May 14, the 134th day of 2010. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1610, King Henry IV of France was stabbed to death while riding in his ...

NASA's Skylab paved the way for operations in low-Earth orbit 50 years ago this week. The first space station was touted as a "bold concept," and led the way for the International Space Station (ISS) ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, a sail-like sunshade for possible use as a sunscreen for the Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) is shown being fabricated in the GE Building across the ...

Almost 8 years ago the US Space and Rocket Center moved the original Skylab 1-g trainer (full of equipment) into a parking lot. It sat abandoned (see images for an image of Skylab taken in from orbit ...

August 19, 1966: The details may be lacking, but all the major components of this concept sketch made it into the creation of Skylab, NASA’s first space station. 1966: Concept sketch of Skylab. Image ...

Tiangong-1’s re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere has for weeks generated wild speculation about when and where this thing will land (TBD, for the most part). One suggestion, however, is that China’s ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This artist's proof medal ...