Deorbiting United States' first Space Station "Skylab 1" in #spaceflightsimulator

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Published on November 13, 2023 7:47:57 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOzm2WoEnjE

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As of 2023, Skylab was the only space station operated exclusively by the United States. A permanent station was planned starting in 1988, but its funding was canceled and U.S. participation shifted to the International Space Station in 1993.

Skylab had a mass of 199,750 pounds (90,610 kg) with a 31,000-pound (14,000 kg) Apollo command and service module (CSM) attached[4] and included a workshop, a solar observatory, and several hundred life science and physical science experiments. It was launched uncrewed into low Earth orbit by a Saturn V rocket modified to be similar to the Saturn INT-21, with the S-IVB third stage not available for propulsion because the orbital workshop was built out of it. This was the final flight for the rocket more commonly known for carrying the crewed Apollo Moon landing missions.[5] Three subsequent missions delivered three-astronaut crews in the Apollo CSM launched by the smaller Saturn IB rocket.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab#:~:text=Unable%20to%20be%20re-boosted%20by%20the%20Space%20Shuttle%2C,space%20station%20operated%20exclusively%20by%20the%20United%20States.

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