On May 14, 1973, watched by 25,000 rapt spectators, the last Saturn V patiently sat on Launch Pad 39A at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Atop the rocket was Skylab, the biggest, heaviest single ...

Stephen Bowen remembers seeing Skylab fly overhead. At eight years old, Bowen's experience watching the United States' first space station cross the night sky fueled his interest in spaceflight.

NASA launched Skylab, America’s first space station, into space 50 years ago in May 1973, and it would make space history in ways its builders wanted and ways they would have gladly missed. From the ...

What happens when a space station falls out of the sky? The world got a preview back in 1979 with the end of Skylab, the United States' first space station. NASA had placed Skylab into Earth orbit six ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - 50 years ago America’s first space station, Skylab, lifted off into space. To celebrate the anniversary, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center is hosting a series of free events ...