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 ...

Sixty years after the first woman launched into space, here is a short story about a comic strip artist, an anthropomorphic ant, an orbital workshop, a wizard and Sally Ride. When you purchase through ...

White Sands Missile Range has continued to play a crucial role in supporting U.S. space activities well into the 21st century ...

The Skylab space station crashed into a debris field scattered across the Indian Ocean and Western Australia on July 11th, 1979. On that day, the only orbital workshop the United States ever operated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Feb. 8, 1974, the last crew of the Skylab space station returned to Earth. Skylab was the first and only American space station ...

The cover of the February 18, 1974 issue shows Skylab space station and its solar array assembly in a photograph from Rockwell International Apollo Command/service module during a fly-around ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The orbital workshop is the largest ...

Skylab IV splashed down on this day in 1974, ending the last mission to America’s first space station. They were glad to get home. The crew of Skylab IV — William Pogue, Gerald Carr and Edward Gibson ...

From the ground up -- The homesteaders -- Getting ready to fly -- Fifty-six days in a can -- A tour of Skylab -- Ten days in May -- "We fix anything" -- "Marooned" -- High performance -- Sprinting a ...