| 单词 | Skylab |
| 例句 | “It's a satellite. It isn't burning out. See? Just going in a straight line. Might be a satellite like Skylab, losing altitude. No one knows where it'll crash.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Much later, in 1973 and 1974, Project Skylab kept men in orbit for as long as eighty-four days, without harming them. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Skylab was a huge spacecraft and it was easy to exercise by riding a bicycle bolted to the floor, or by running around and around the walls. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z About the size of a three- bedroom house, this space station, called Skylab, orbited the earth for six years on a journey that covered nearly one billion miles. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Skylab astronauts found that exercise was very important in keeping their bodies strong, and they liked to exercise for at least an hour a day. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The parts of Skylab that fell to Earth would—conveniently—fall on the bathroom block at Guardian Angels. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Anyway, Skylab would crash into the school, we’d all be in the bathroom and the crash would—conveniently—collapse the entrance and we would be trapped. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Three crews lived aboard Skylab, the longest for eighty-four days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was tremendous media interest about Skylab falling to Earth, certainly enough to capture the attention of a boy who was about to turn seven and had already started dreaming about the stars. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Instead of landing on Brisbane, Skylab broke up, with some parts falling into the Indian Ocean off Western Australia. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He’d been a military guy, a jet pilot, an astronaut, he was on Skylab, etc. This Week in Fiction: Tom Hanks 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z When will I learn my own limits, I thought, as I attempted an inverted needle on aerial silks, at Skylab in London. Fit in my 40s: an aerial class? I’d rather be on the ground, watching | Zoe Williams 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Back to the novel: In 1979, a tank from the first space station, Skylab, falls into a remote town in the Australian outback. The Fungus Is Among Us in David Koepp’s ‘Cold Storage’ 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z In fact, researchers only learned about the prevalence of S.A.S. symptoms in the 1970s, when they heard Skylab astronauts talking about it with one another over a hot mic. The Bodily Indignities of the Space Life 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The state's premier, Roger Cook, suggested to local media that the object could be stored in the state museum alongside debris from Nasa's Skylab station, which was discovered in 1979. Space junk: India says object found in Australia is theirs 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z After Apollo 7, Mr. Cunningham served as chief of NASA’s Skylab program, which produced the first American space station. Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 astronaut, dies at 90 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Soon after Apollo 7, Mr. Cunningham was named director of what became known as the Skylab program, which developed America’s first space station. Walter Cunningham, Who Helped Pave the Way to the Moon, Dies at 90 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z That is barely more than the American Skylab that launched in 1973, and it is less than the Mir space station that the Soviet Union began assembling in space in 1986. China Maps Out Plans to Put Astronauts on the Moon and on Mars 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z When NASA’s first space station, Skylab, disintegrated on reentry in 1979, it scattered debris across the previously obscure Western Australia farming community of Esperance. From a Texas dental office to the Canadian tundra, here’s where space debris has crashed to Earth 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Skylab, the United States’ first space station, broke up in the Earth’s atmosphere in 1979 after being decommissioned, and most of its surviving pieces landed in the Indian Ocean. China says most of its Long March 5B rocket burned up during its reentry to Earth's atmosphere 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Beyond the campus, the song is ever-present at weddings and funerals — and even space, where it was a wake-up call for astronauts on the Gemini, Apollo and Skylab missions. University of Texas Faces New Outcry Over Old Song With Minstrel Roots 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z The previous record of 84 days was set by NASA’s final Skylab station crew in 1974. SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Tianhe’s main module will initially be about the size of the American Skylab space station of the 1970s and the former Soviet/Russian Mir, which operated for more than 14 years after launching in 1986. EXPLAINER: China prepares space station core module launch 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z In February, that group surpassed the record for the most days in space by a crew launched on a U.S. spacecraft, surpassing the 84-day milestone set by the Skylab 4 crew in 1974. SpaceX launches NASA’s Crew-2 to orbit, its third human spaceflight in less than a year 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Staff on the ground hadn't got to know this crew as well as its predecessors, because they'd been busy overseeing the first and second missions while the Skylab 4 astronauts were preparing for theirs. Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z He also designed instruments used aboard Skylab and space shuttle flights and for satellites measuring polar auroras and luminescence in the upper atmosphere. George R. Carruthers, scientist who designed telescope that went to the moon, dies at 81 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Skylab and space shuttle crew member Jack Lousma won the Republican primary, but lost the election to be a senator from Michigan in 1984. Mark Kelly Becomes 4th Astronaut Elected to Congress 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Skylab, for example, was so lacking in colour that astronauts broke the monotony by staring at the coloured cards used to calibrate their video cameras. Smelly, noisy and awash with dead skin cells: life on board the International Space Station 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Russia’s earlier stations and America’s 1970s Skylab had much shorter life spans, as did China’s much more recent orbital outposts. Space station marking 20 years of people living in orbit 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z The Skylab 4 crew splashed down into the Pacific Ocean on 8 February 1974, five days after completing their fourth and final spacewalk. Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z In 1973, three members of NASA’s final Skylab mission went on strike to protest the 16-hour workdays they had for more than two months straight. The Outer Worlds’ dystopian future is far off, but it’s not impossible 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z A former astronaut who flew on America’s first space station, Skylab, and whose son followed him into orbit. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z He later commanded NASA’s first space station, Skylab, and became known for his cosmic-themed paintings. Space shipment launched with sports car parts, cookie oven 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z So the International Space Station, Skylab and the Apollo missions still provided a valuable reference point. Inside the look of Brad Pitt's 'Ad Astra' and its 'near future' sci-fi vision 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Amazingly, he says, in the last 48 years only one other reporter has been in touch with the Skylab 4 crew apart from the BBC, to ask them for their account of what happened. Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z This and Boeing’s continued work on the space shuttle, Skylab and International Space Station helped Seattle become known as a hub for innovation and expertise. Boeing’s role in moon missions helped launch Seattle as tech center 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z After Apollo, parts of your code went on to be used in Skylab, the first space station, and then in the space shuttle programme. Margaret Hamilton: ‘They worried that the men might rebel. They didn’t’ 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Owen Garriott, an astronaut who flew on the first U.S. space station, Skylab, and whose son followed him into orbit, died April 15 at his home in Huntsville, Ala. He was 88. Owen Garriott, astronaut on Skylab, Columbia, dies at 88 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Bean flew once more for NASA, in 1973: he spent a record-breaking 59 days orbiting Earth as commander of the space-station mission Skylab 3. The artist who walked on the Moon: Alan Bean 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z The Skylab space station was a research platform in orbit where astronauts helped scientists to study the human body's response to space flight, carried out experiments and made observations of the Sun and Earth. Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z He later commanded the second crewed mission to America’s first space station, Skylab. Alan Bean, the fourth man to the walk on the Moon, has passed away at 86 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Four years later, Mr. Bean returned to space as commander of the second mission to the Skylab orbiting space station. Alan L. Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut who walked on the moon, dies at 86 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Dr. Garriott served on the second Skylab crew in 1973, spending close to 60 days in space, a record at the time. Owen Garriott, astronaut on Skylab, Columbia, dies at 88 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z In 1973 he was commander of the second crewed flight to Skylab - America's first space station. Astronaut and artist Alan Bean dies at 86 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Skylab 4 was the final mission and as a result it had a long list of tasks to fulfil. Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z He was later selected to command the second crewed mission to the Skylab space station on July 18th, 1973. Alan Bean, the fourth man to the walk on the Moon, has passed away at 86 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z In 1973, Bean commanded the second mission to Skylab, the first U.S. space station. Alan Bean, moon-walking U.S. astronaut turned painter, dies in Houston 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z He then commanded the second crewed flight to the United States’ first space station, Skylab, in 1973. Astronaut and moonwalker Alan Bean dies at 86 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z He then commanded the second crewed flight to the first US space station, Skylab, in 1973. Astronaut Alan Bean, fourth person to walk on the moon, dies aged 86 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z They knew comparisons would be made with the previous crew, Skylab 3, which had done more than expected of them, and earned the nickname "the 150% crew". Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z The far less controlled re-entry of Nasa’s 74 tonne Skylab in 1979 scattered pieces of space hardware over hundreds of miles of Western Australia. China's Tiangong-1 space station will crash to Earth this weekend 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Most famously, America’s 77-ton Skylab crashed through the atmosphere in 1979, spreading pieces of wreckage near the southwestern Australia city of Perth, which fined the U.S. China’s defunct space lab hurtling toward Earth for re-entry 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Much of the 19,000-pound station will burn up in the atmosphere and, like Skylab, become a fireworks show for the Earthlings below. Chinese space station Tiangong-1 set to crash to Earth, European Space Agency says 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Its uncontrolled fall to Earth shares some similarities with the end of the Skylab space station in 1979; some of Skylab’s pieces rained down on rural Australia. Chinese Space Station Could Crash to Earth on Easter Weekend 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z In those days, communication was possible for only about 10 minutes at a time, as Skylab passed over ground control stations on Earth - it was some time before constant and seamless satellite communication became available. Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z That strength is second only to the Saturn V, Nasa’s behemoth rocket that took astronauts to the moon and the Skylab space station before its 1973 retirement. Elon Musk seeks to revive Apollo era with test launch of heavy-duty rocket 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Thus, the starling whose song reputedly inspired Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; or Arabella, a web-weaving cross spider studied on NASA's space station Skylab. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Weitz returned to the Navy after his mission on Skylab and retired as a captain in July 1976 after serving 22 years. This week’s passages 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Skylab broke up faster than expected, however, and parts of it fell in Australia, east of Perth. Chinese Space Station Could Crash to Earth on Easter Weekend 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z It's been almost half a century since the three astronauts on board the Skylab 4 space mission famously fell out with mission control. Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Weitz, a onetime Navy aviator, was part of a crew originally scheduled to conduct scientific experiments aboard Skylab, which was launched May 14, 1973. Paul Weitz, astronaut who helped repair Skylab and commanded space shuttle, dies at 85 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z After several failed attempts to dock with the command module, the astronauts finally entered Skylab and successfully deployed a replacement sunshade to lower temperatures inside the lab. First Challenger shuttle commander dies 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z According to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, Weitz returned to the Navy after his mission on Skylab and retired as a captain in July 1976 after serving 22 years. Commander of 1st flight of space shuttle Challenger dies 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The end of Skylab sparked reaction all over the world, ranging from vendors hawking sarcastic T-shirts to ordinary citizens seeking reassurance from their leaders that they wouldn’t be hurt. Chinese Space Station Could Crash to Earth on Easter Weekend 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z According to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, Weitz returned to the Navy after his mission on Skylab mission and retired as a captain in July 1976 after serving 22 years. Commander of 1st flight of space shuttle Challenger dies 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The astronauts also worked to install an improvised sun screen on Skylab’s exterior. Paul Weitz, astronaut who helped repair Skylab and commanded space shuttle, dies at 85 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The shield also protected Skylab against extremes of temperature, and without it, the station began to overheat. First Challenger shuttle commander dies 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Skylab was launched in 1973 to collect data, two years after the Soviets sent up the first space station, Salyut 1. Liu Xiaobo, George Pell, Dalian Wanda: Your Tuesday Briefing 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z That said, much of Earth is uninhabited—making it likely that Tiangong-1 will fall in the ocean, or, like Skylab, into a remote area. Chinese Space Station Could Crash to Earth on Easter Weekend 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z May 14: The U.S. launches its first space station, Skylab. A growing competition: China and the U.S. space program, year by year 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z During his Skylab mission, Mr. Weitz said he found it impossible to sleep in what he called a “make-believe bed” mounted on the space capsule’s wall. Paul Weitz, astronaut who helped repair Skylab and commanded space shuttle, dies at 85 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z He was the pilot on the first mission to Skylab, the US space station which orbited Earth from 1973 to 1979. First Challenger shuttle commander dies 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the Skylab turkey was decidedly different from the golden-roasted Norman Rockwell clichés that mark Thanksgiving dinners back in the USA. Astronauts Have Been Celebrating Thanksgiving in Space Since 1973. Here's How 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z NASA’s Skylab, which made its own uncontrolled reentry in 1979, was 82 ft. China's Falling Space Station Won't Hit You. Unless it Does 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Debris from the first U.S. space station, Skylab, rained over Australia in 1979 after people bought Skylab insurance and showed up at crash parties with hard hats. The Chinese space lab is about to crash and burn — and that's OK with China 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Electronic signals indicated that Skylab’s heat shield, which protected the space laboratory from meteoroids and high temperatures, had been sheared off during liftoff. Paul Weitz, astronaut who helped repair Skylab and commanded space shuttle, dies at 85 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The astronauts eventually launched on 25 May and approached Skylab in their Apollo command module. First Challenger shuttle commander dies 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z He was also the space commander of Skylab 3 in 1973. Texas hometown salutes ex-astronaut Alan Bean with statue 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z They were outside the Skylab space station working on a solar array which was stuck in the wrong position. What could possibly go wrong on a spacewalk? - BBC News 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z As Ben Carson’s poll numbers have plunged like Skylab over the last month, Cruz has likely been the biggest beneficiary, picking up more of the evangelicals who have abandoned the retired neurosurgeon. The GOP establishment’s Ted Cruz terror: The party obviously despises him—but he keeps getting stronger and stronger 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z The parasol was mostly a success, although one of its legs didn’t extend fully, causing a noticeable variation in temperatures inside the Skylab laboratory. Paul Weitz, astronaut who helped repair Skylab and commanded space shuttle, dies at 85 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z He also pushed for the Skylab space station to test telescopes and other instruments and the effects of weightlessness, and urged the development of a reusable space shuttle. George Mueller, Engineer Who Helped Put Man on Moon, Dies at 97 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z In addition to his management of the moon program, he helped design Skylab, America’s first space station, and spoke out strongly in favor of a lower-cost, reusable launch vehicle. George Mueller, NASA engineer who helped enable moon landing, dies at 97 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z If there had been any major damage when the U.S.-owned Skylab fell in Australia in 1979, the U.S. would have been liable under terms of the 1973 Liability Convention. Your Tuesday Briefing 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z “In the large sense of history,” Pearlman said, “spacewalking became much more important after Apollo. It literally saved the Skylab space station.” 50 Years On, NASA's First Spacewalk Still Resonates 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The crew regrouped inside the Apollo capsule, then found an unexpected problem: The docking mechanism that would connect the command module to Skylab did not work properly. Paul Weitz, astronaut who helped repair Skylab and commanded space shuttle, dies at 85 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Nobody pretended that after the thrill of the moon landings, it would be easy selling Americans on Skylab, the retrofitted third stage of a Saturn V booster that served as the country’s first space station. A Visual History of Spacewalks 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z A California anthropologist, Stuster had helped design U.S. space stations by studying crew productivity in cases of prolonged isolation and confinement: Antarctic research stations, submarines, the Skylab station. Roommates on Mars 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z “Women our age expect feminism,” she says, sitting in a sunny, donated corner room in the loft offices of Prism Skylabs, a retail analytics company. What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women The orbiting station Skylab was launched in May 1973 with the goal of serving as the first U.S. platform for long-duration missions. 50 Years On, NASA's First Spacewalk Still Resonates 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Skylab, the space shuttle and the International Space Station, all reflected a narrowness of vision when it came to America’s and humanity’s role in space. Landing on Mars Will Need Foreign Partners But that sales job proved even harder when Skylab was launched and arrived in orbit with a jammed solar panel and a damaged sun shield, which left the station both overheated and underpowered. A Visual History of Spacewalks 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Spokespeople for Nike and Skylab declined to respond to questions about auxiliary space. Nike expansion plans hint at dramatic design 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z During the Skylab 4 mission, long hours, exhaustion and disagreements with mission control resulted in the crew switching off their radio and spending a day ignoring Nasa while watching the Earth’s surface pass by. Isolation and hallucinations: the mental health challenges faced by astronauts 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z For $100 a month, Chicken Little Associates offered to predict when Skylab would be directly overhead. Alex Fraser dies at 90; developer of Washington’s Open University But it was in 1973, when the Skylab space station went into orbit and disastrously shed its external shielding on the way up, that Kinzler really saved NASA’s hash. Farewell to a Cosmic Mr. Fix-It 2014-03-15T20:22:34Z Just before midnight they docked with Skylab, where the interior temperature was approaching 130 degrees Fahrenheit; wearing spacesuits, they could work there for short periods. Jack A. Kinzler, 1920-2014: Jack Kinzler, Skylab’s Savior, Dies at 94 2014-03-15T03:17:13Z A city audit cited Skylab’s “unusual and costly design features,” as well as “the firm’s inexperience” in attempting to explain how the building costs could have exploded to such an extent. Nike expansion plans hint at dramatic design 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z During launch, a crucial shield got damaged, messing with Skylab’s electrical system. 7 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About The International Space Station 2014-03-13T18:10:00Z With a colleague, he formed Chicken Little Associates when NASA’s Skylab was orbiting the earth in 1979, the time and place of its inevitable crash unknown. Alex Fraser dies at 90; developer of Washington’s Open University “The Skylab astronauts called it ‘Space Crud,” he wrote. William R. Pogue, Astronaut Who Flew Longest Skylab Mission, Is Dead at 84 2014-03-10T23:52:33Z Over the next few days, Skylab’s inside temperature fell to a companionable 70 degrees. Jack A. Kinzler, 1920-2014: Jack Kinzler, Skylab’s Savior, Dies at 94 2014-03-15T03:17:13Z For example, the footprint of Building 2 - the one Skylab is designing - extends over Del Hayes Way, creating a tunnel-like opening underneath to allow traffic to pass through. Nike expansion plans hint at dramatic design 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Of the major satellite crashes, only NASA’s Skylab made landfall, scattering parts of itself across the Australian outback in 1979. Duck! A Satellite Is Falling 2013-11-09T06:05:27Z He came back for Gemini 10 as well, and then 11, and then 12, and nearly all of the Apollos, and Skylabs and shuttle missions that followed. Exclusive: A Timelapse of Endeavour's Final Ride 2013-10-14T09:20:25Z He was appointed pilot of the third and last mission to the Skylab space station in 1973. William R. Pogue, Astronaut Who Flew Longest Skylab Mission, Is Dead at 84 2014-03-10T23:52:33Z Skylab, which over time was home to two additional crews, remained in orbit — Mr. Kinzler’s parasol still in place — until 1979, when, unmanned, it disintegrated on re-entering the atmosphere. Jack A. Kinzler, 1920-2014: Jack Kinzler, Skylab’s Savior, Dies at 94 2014-03-15T03:17:13Z Skylab’s resume includes Departure Restaurant + Lounge in The Nines Hotel in downtown Portland; the North advertising office; and several other residences. Nike expansion plans hint at dramatic design 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z But like many start-ups finding success in Silicon Valley and across the country, Prism Skylabs is not the brainchild of a rookie entrepreneur who risked everything. DealBook: Entrepreneurs Help Build Start-Ups by the Batch 2013-05-28T00:19:02Z It does not detract from the Skylab crews to say that a lot of the time they spent in space was devoted to simple proof-of-concept stuff like that. Lessons for Government from Chris Hadfield, Singing Spaceman 2013-05-19T15:05:22Z The crew's return to Earth was on the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first U.S. space station, Skylab. Starman falls to Earth after five-month space odyssey 2013-05-14T16:11:52Z Providentially, Mr. Kinzler had done all those things, and Skylab, imperiled by the loss of a thermal shield on its launch in 1973, was saved. Jack A. Kinzler, 1920-2014: Jack Kinzler, Skylab’s Savior, Dies at 94 2014-03-15T03:17:13Z And Skylab appears to be bringing that same sense of shape, space and structure to the enormous office building it is designing for Nike’s headquarters expansion project in suburban Washington County. Nike expansion plans hint at dramatic design 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Innovations in 5: Skylab turns 40 In court filing, Justice Department accuses Apple of e-book price fixing Dueling court documents between agency and firm detail aspects of the government’s case against Apple. In court filing, Justice Dept. accuses Apple of e-book price fixing 2013-05-15T01:22:05Z Collectively, three separate Skylab crews spent 171 days in space - each new crew breaking the previous crew's spaceflight duration record. Skylab: Why don't we live in space yet? 2013-05-14T09:14:13Z Apollo-Soyuz and Skylab were missions in preparation for long-term stays in Earth orbit. Some ruminations around the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission 2012-12-07T14:15:00.567Z He learned that Skylab had an airlock — a narrow passage meant for use as a camera port — near the site of the damage. Jack A. Kinzler, 1920-2014: Jack Kinzler, Skylab’s Savior, Dies at 94 2014-03-15T03:17:13Z “The timing is right for Skylab to graduate into a bigger scale.” Nike expansion plans hint at dramatic design 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Astronaut Paul Weitz piloted the first manned Skylab mission in 1973 and commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger in 1983, and later became deputy director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Astronaut: Neil Armstrong did ‘the difficult thing’ 2012-08-28T15:36:00Z But the Skylab experience remains a pertinent example of the difficulties in achieving those goals. Skylab: Why don't we live in space yet? 2013-05-14T09:14:13Z That station is to weigh about 60 tonnes, slightly smaller than Nasa's Skylab of the 1970s and about one-sixth the size of the 16-nation International Space Station. Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou 9 makes first manual docking with space module 2012-06-24T05:56:00Z Though Skylab was able to ascend to orbit, it would be uninhabitable without sufficient protection from the sun. Jack A. Kinzler, 1920-2014: Jack Kinzler, Skylab’s Savior, Dies at 94 2014-03-15T03:17:13Z So just like that: the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Skylab programs in four deft vaults. China's Space Flight: Wow or Meh? 2012-06-17T15:35:29Z AAP was eventually subjected to death by a thousand budget cuts by the Johnson and Nixon administrations, and finally whittled down into the Skylab program—America’s first space station. Forget Asteroids Send a Manned Flyby Mission to Venus 2011-11-29T21:45:00.410Z Weighing 77.5 tonnes, Skylab was the largest craft yet to be launched into space. Skylab: Why don't we live in space yet? 2013-05-14T09:14:13Z But that did little to help the Australian outback, which got clobbered by NASA's incoming Skylab in 1979. Russia's busted Mars ship 2011-11-09T08:00:00Z When Skylab shed its shield, most of the proposed solutions entailed a spacewalk, with all its inherent dangers. Jack A. Kinzler, 1920-2014: Jack Kinzler, Skylab’s Savior, Dies at 94 2014-03-15T03:17:13Z But what about those Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Skylab programs? China's Space Flight: Wow or Meh? 2012-06-17T15:35:29Z Using a spent stage in this manner was the basis for Skylab, but with the difference that the fuel tank was outfitted on the ground and launched as a payload, not as an active booster. Forget Asteroids Send a Manned Flyby Mission to Venus 2011-11-29T21:45:00.410Z Two years later, the U.S. sent its Skylab station into orbit, where its last crew stayed for 84 days. Yesterday's Tomorrow: A Look at Space Stations That Never Were 2011-11-01T10:15:00.237Z But if the re-entering vehicle is too big, the atmosphere can't vaporize it all — as happened when chunks of NASA's Skylab crashed into the Australian outback in July of 1979. Space Junk Keeps Falling to Earth 2011-10-10T09:00:00Z A version of this article appears in print on March 15, 2014, on page A1 of the with the headline: Skylab’s Savior, With a Parasol. Jack A. Kinzler, 1920-2014: Jack Kinzler, Skylab’s Savior, Dies at 94 2014-03-15T03:17:13Z Still, this satellite’s impending re-entry has not generated as much concern and good-humored fun as when the Skylab space station fell to Earth in July 1979. A Falling Satellite Catches the Popular Imagination 2011-09-22T18:40:48Z Mir fell into the South Pacific, while Skylab hit the Indian Ocean and parts of sparsely populated western Australia. Defunct NASA satellite to fall out of sky, but experts say it is unlikely to hurt anyone 2011-09-08T19:36:20Z Apollo bites the dust Instead, the Apollo program wound down in the early 1970s and segued into Skylab. What If NASA's Apollo Program Had Not Been Canceled? 2011-09-01T22:45:00.227Z That constant surveillance eliminates the risk that the unmanned station will deorbit, as the truly abandoned Skylab did in 1979, when it fell through the atmosphere and crashed into the Australian outback. Abandoning the space station 2011-09-01T14:25:00Z Mr. Kinzler’s finest hour indisputably came after the launch of Skylab, designed as a scientific research station. Jack A. Kinzler, 1920-2014: Jack Kinzler, Skylab’s Savior, Dies at 94 2014-03-15T03:17:13Z People threw parties, bought Skylab “crash helmets,” and wore T-shirts with bulls-eye targets. A Falling Satellite Catches the Popular Imagination 2011-09-22T18:40:48Z Skylab and the Soviet Salyut and Mir space stations opened the way for orbital occupancy, but the shuttle's cargo capacity, flight frequency, and large crew complement made a continual, expanding human presence possible. Magnificent flying machine 2011-07-21T13:16:18Z In 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia. Today in History 2011-07-11T04:03:24Z The station will accommodate a three-person crew, and will be roughly the size of NASA’s Skylab, the first U.S. space station. U.S. Boldly Goes No More as China's Space Program Takes Off 2011-07-08T02:45:00Z Mr. Garriott, whose father, Owen, was an astronaut on NASA’s Skylab, made his fortune as a video game developer and subsequently indulged his space hobby. After 17 Years, a Glimpse of a Lunar Purchase 2010-03-31T21:52:00Z Skylab was much bigger — about the size of a house — while the current projectile is more along the lines of a city bus. A Falling Satellite Catches the Popular Imagination 2011-09-22T18:40:48Z |
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