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Space Rocket History #395 – Skylab – The Tour Part 2
Skylab had three bedrooms or sleep compartments, one for each astronaut aboard. To save space, the beds were arranged vertically in the quarters.
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Space Rocket History #394 – Skylab – The Tour Part 1
As a crew would approach Skylab in their Apollo Command Module, they would see its docking port that was called the Multiple Docking Adapter or MDA.
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Space Rocket History #393 – Skylab – Soyuz Mission
During 1970-1972, a possible fourth “new” docking mission with Skylab was considered. This new mission would not be just another Apollo docking,...
Space Rocket History #392 – Skylab – Let’s Call it Skylab
On February 1970, Nasa announced that the AAP had been renamed. America’s first space station would enter the history books as Skylab.
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Space Rocket History #391 – Skylab – Pre-history – Apollo Applications Program
The Apollo Applications Program (AAP) was created in 1966 by NASA headquarters to develop science-based human spaceflight missions using hardware developed...
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