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Skylab
Skylab transformed Apollo-era hardware into America’s first and showed how crews could repair, inhabit, and use an orbital laboratory for long-duration science.
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Skylab vehicles
4 mission-specific spacecraft and test articles, plus 8 launch systems and shared hardware records.
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Solar observatory and station attitude-control assemblyApollo Telescope Mount
The Apollo Telescope Mount was Skylab's externally mounted solar observatory, electrical-power source, and precision pointing assembly.
Crewed orbital workshop and solar observatoryMay 14, 1973Skylab space station
Skylab was America’s first space station, built around converted Saturn S-IVB-212.
Crew launch vehicleSaturn IB SA-206
Saturn IB SA-206 supported Skylab 2 in the Skylab program.
Crew launch vehicleSaturn IB SA-207
Saturn IB SA-207 supported Skylab 3 in the Skylab program.
Crew launch vehicleSaturn IB SA-208
Saturn IB SA-208 supported Skylab 4 in the Skylab program.
Modified Apollo command and service moduleMay 25, 1973Skylab 2 CSM-116
CSM-116 carried the first Skylab crew and the emergency repair equipment that saved the station.
Modified Apollo command and service moduleJuly 28, 1973Skylab 3 CSM-117
CSM-117 carried the second resident crew to Skylab and returned them after a record 59-day expedition.
Modified Apollo command and service moduleNovember 16, 1973Skylab 4 CSM-118
Skylab 4 CSM-118 supported Skylab 4 in the Skylab program.
Modified Apollo rescue and backup spacecraftSkylab Rescue CSM-119
CSM-119 was maintained as Skylab’s backup and rescue spacecraft.
Docking, control, and experiment moduleSkylab Multiple Docking Adapter
The Multiple Docking Adapter formed Skylab's forward crew-vehicle interface and a compact control-and-experiment compartment.
Two-stage Skylab launch vehicleSaturn V SA-513
SA-513 was the final Saturn V launched and the only Saturn V flown with two powered stages.
Station airlock and systems moduleSkylab Airlock Module
Skylab's Airlock Module was both the crew's EVA gateway and the station's central utility module.