Skylab

Skylab was the first American space station, launched in 1973 and visited by three crews before it came down in 1979.

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2,249days in orbit
0modules in our list

Launched: 14 May 1973
Brought down: 11 July 1979
Mass: 76,295 kg
Operators: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Wikidata lists no modules for this station, so none are shown here.

Videos

Videos

Skylab, in video

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Published 12 Jul 2017
Skylab: Repairing America’s First Space Station and Its 1979 Fall
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
Published 25 Sep 2017
Skylab 1973: Repairing the Workshop and Living in Weightlessness
Retro Space HD
Published 18 Apr 2020
How Skylab Was Saved: The Stuck Solar Array and Chance Tools
Hubbell Power Systems
Published 30 May 2020
Skylab’s 1979 Reentry: How Debris Ended Up Across Western Australia
ABC News In-depth
Published 21 Sep 2020
Skylab: From Von Braun’s Station Plans to Its 1979 Re-entry
Megaprojects
Published 5 May 2024
Skylab: Damaged at Launch, Repaired in Orbit, Lost in 1979
Classic Aerospace History
Published 16 Oct 2024
Skylab: Rescue, Record Crews and Re-entry of NASA’s First Station
Progress – Science Documentaries
Published 6 Feb 2026
Skylab: The Launch Damage, Rescue and Three Crews’ Record Stays
Absolute Documentaries

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Skylab: The Launch Damage, Rescue and Three Crews’ Record Stays

Absolute Documentaries

Published 6 February 2026Duration 50:09

Dates are when each video was first published on YouTube.

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0), checked against NASA and CMSA