The original Skylab space station (left) launched atop a Saturn V moon rocket. Skylab II (right) would blast off atop NASA's Space Launch System. (NASA Images) NASA's first manned outpost in deep ...

NASA's first manned outpost in deep space may be a repurposed rocket part, just like the agency's first-ever astronaut abode in Earth orbit. With a little tinkering, the upper-stage hydrogen ...

Without a doubt, there's no question that there'd be no International Space Station without Skylab. That's why this piece of ...

Shield debris had pummeled SA-513, tearing at least one hole in the tapered interstage adapter that linked its S-II second stage with the OWS. It also apparently damaged the system for separating the ...

Ten-year-old Dwight Steven-Boniecki cowered in his bed in Sydney’s Hills District, praying he’d be alive next morning. It was the night of July 11-12, 1979 and the self-confessed “space nut” knew the ...

NASA will commemorate the 40th anniversary of America’s first space station Monday, May 13, with a televised roundtable discussion featuring Skylab astronauts, a current astronaut and agency managers ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After the final Apollo moon landing, NASA repurposed surplus Apollo and Saturn V rocket hardware ...

NASA's first manned outpost in deep space may be a repurposed rocket part, just like the agency's first-ever astronaut abode in Earth orbit. With a little tinkering, the upper-stage hydrogen ...

NASA's first manned outpost in deep space may be a repurposed rocket part, just like the agency's first-ever astronaut abode in Earth orbit. With a little tinkering, the upper-stage hydrogen ...

Former NASA astronaut Paul Weitz, who spent nearly a month in orbit on the first manned Skylab mission in 1973 and flew a decade later as mission commander on the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle ...