skylab

Veteran astronaut Paul J. Weitz has died at the age of 85. Among his many accomplishments, Weitz served as a pilot…

Astronauts work incredibly hard, putting in long hours in unnatural, difficult conditions. But sometimes they get…

Can a spider spin a web even when torn free of the grip of gravity? Thanks to a research experiment devised by…

July 28, 1973: Skylab drifts far above the Amazon River Valley of Brazil like a deep-space dragonfly.

August 19, 1966: The details may be lacking, but all the major components of this concept sketch made it into the…

You’ve heard the story of how duct tape saved Apollo 13*, but that’s not the only time tape has come to the rescue…

When the Skylab orbital workshop was damaged on launch, it lost its sunshield and started overheating. This is a…

In 1973, astronaut Owen Garriott clambered around outside of Skylab to collect interplanetary dust particles.…

In 1966, George E. Mueller, NASA associate administrator for Manned Space Flight, produced a concept drawing of what…

Before there was the International Space Station, there was Skylab, America's first long-term research base in…

NASA launched the unmanned Skylab-1 into orbit by a Saturn V booster 40 years ago today, on May 14, 1973, from…

Remember the space age? It wasn't that long ago. This illustration from Peter Fairley's 1970 Space Annual is a great…