CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. May 25 (UPI) Fifty years ago, on May 25, 1973, three NASA astronauts were launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to spend a month aboard Skylab, America's first space ...

NASA launched Skylab, America’s first space station, into space 50 years ago in May 1973, and it would make space history in ways its builders wanted and ways they would have gladly missed. From the ...

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 ...

In973, Skylab 4 launched with three rookie astronauts on the longest U.S. mission to space at the time. But after weeks of relentless schedules and little rest, the crew allegedly staged the first ...

What's Thanksgiving like in space? Here's a happy Thanksgiving from NASA Thanksgiving in space? We've been celebrating in orbit for longer than you might think, starting with the Skylab 4 crew in 1973 ...

Significant accomplishments in science and technology, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1973 : the proceedings of a symposium held at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, December 18-19, 1973 / prepared ...

The fuel crisis of the 1970s threatened not only the airline industry but also the future of American prosperity itself. It also served as the genesis of technological ingenuity and innovation from a ...