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    Skylab was a Saturn V third stage turned into a house. Sixty-three seconds after liftoff the thin shield that was meant to protect it from meteoroids and sunlight tore away, taking one of its two solar arrays with it.

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    • The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
    • Retro Space HD
    • Hubbell Power Systems

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  1. Skylab: Repairing America’s First Space Station and Its 1979 Fall

    The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

  2. Skylab 1973: Repairing the Workshop and Living in Weightlessness

    Retro Space HD

  3. How Skylab Was Saved: The Stuck Solar Array and Chance Tools

    Hubbell Power Systems

  4. Skylab’s 1979 Reentry: How Debris Ended Up Across Western Australia

    ABC News In-depth

  5. Skylab: From Von Braun’s Station Plans to Its 1979 Re-entry

    Megaprojects

  6. Skylab: Damaged at Launch, Repaired in Orbit, Lost in 1979

    Classic Aerospace History

  7. Skylab: Rescue, Record Crews and Re-entry of NASA’s First Station

    Progress – Science Documentaries

  8. 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

Duration 50:09

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  1. Skylab: Rescue, Record Crews and Re-entry of NASA’s First Station

    DocumentaryProgress – Science Documentaries · 50:30

    Mission: Skylab

  2. Skylab: Damaged at Launch, Repaired in Orbit, Lost in 1979

    DocumentaryClassic Aerospace History · 1:19:57

    Mission: Skylab

  3. Skylab: Repairing America’s First Space Station and Its 1979 Fall

    DocumentaryThe History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered · 8:12

    Mission: Skylab

  4. Skylab: From Von Braun’s Station Plans to Its 1979 Re-entry

    DocumentaryMegaprojects · 16:52

    Mission: Skylab

  5. Skylab 1973: Repairing the Workshop and Living in Weightlessness

    DocumentaryRetro Space HD · 28:07

    Mission: Skylab

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

    DocumentaryAbsolute Documentaries · 50:09

    Mission: Skylab

  7. How Skylab Was Saved: The Stuck Solar Array and Chance Tools

    DocumentaryHubbell Power Systems · 28:27

    Mission: Skylab

  8. Skylab’s 1979 Reentry: How Debris Ended Up Across Western Australia

    DocumentaryABC News In-depth · 48:07

    Mission: Skylab

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