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Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched by NASA, [3] occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4.
After 175 days, the world's first space station burned up over the Pacific Ocean. [ 1 ] Pravda (October 26, 1971) reported that 75% of Salyut 1's studies were carried out by optical means and 20% by radio-technical means, while the remainder involved magnetometrical, gravitational, or other measurements.
Their mission was to man humanity's first space station. The experimental bay door failed to separate so the first crew failed to dock and second crew were killed on re-entry. 1971 also saw the launch of the first and only British satellite on top of a British rocket after that success the program was cancelled.
Several months earlier, the first mission to the Salyut, Soyuz 10, had failed to successfully dock with the station. [14] During the first day of the flight, maneuvers were made to effect a rendezvous with the uncrewed Salyut (1971-032A). When Soyuz 11 was 6 to 7 kilometres (3.7 to 4.3 mi; 3.2 to 3.8 nmi) from Salyut, automatic devices took ...
Most often space stations have been research stations, but they have also served military or commercial uses, such as hosting space tourists. Space stations have been hosting the only continuous presence of humans in space. The first space station was Salyut 1 (1971), hosting the first crew, of the ill-fated Soyuz 11.
The Salyut programme (Russian: Салют, IPA:, meaning "salute" or "fireworks") was the first space station programme, undertaken by the Soviet Union.It involved a series of four crewed scientific research space stations and two crewed military reconnaissance space stations over a period of 15 years, from 1971 to 1986.
This is a detailed list of human spaceflights from 1971 to 1980, including the later Apollo Moon landings, the US Skylab missions, and the start of the Soviet Union's Salyut series of space stations. Red indicates fatalities.
Skylab 2 (also SL-2 and SLM-1 [4]) was the first crewed mission to Skylab, the first American orbital space station.The mission was launched on an Apollo command and service module by a Saturn IB rocket on May 25, 1973, [5] and carried NASA astronauts Pete Conrad, Joseph P. Kerwin, Paul J. Weitz to the station.