Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 14, 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the first American space station. [‘On This Day in ...

In the 1970s, America’s first space station allowed three crews of astronauts to conduct hundreds of experiments. Skylab, however, is mostly remembered for the frenzy surrounding its return to Earth ...

PHOENIX — Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early 1970s, has died. He was 85. Weitz died at his ...

Forty-five years ago today, the first U.S. space station, Skylab, slipped from orbit and crashed to Earth. It had been 65 months since the last crew had departed. NASA had hopes of keeping it around ...

Astronaut Bruce McCandless tests the balance and control of a test model of an astronaut maneuvering unit at Martin Marietta Corp.'s Denver Division, as seen on the cover of the August 2, 1971 issue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 14, 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the first American space station. Skylab orbited Earth for six years and supported three ...

On May 14, 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the first American space station. Skylab orbited Earth for six years and supported three crewed missions during which astronauts conducted hundreds of science ...