[DOC] [TLE] Skylab - Wikipedia [PAR] Skylab was the United States' first space station, orbiting Earth from 1973 to 1979
, when it fell back to Earth amid huge worldwide media attention. Launched... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline: 50 Years of Spaceflight - Space.com [PAR] Sep 28, 2012 ... 3, 1957: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with the first living ... which misses 
the moon but becomes the first artificial object to leave Earth orbit. .... July 20, 
1969: Six years after U.S. President John F. Kennedy's ... May 14, 1973: A Saturn 
V rocket launches Skylab, the United States' first space station. [DOC] [TLE] CHRONOLOGY OF DEFINING EVENTS IN NASA HISTORY [PAR] 1959 The United States launched Vanguard 2, the first successful launch of this 
... 9 Apr. 1959 After a two month selection process, on this date NASA unveiled 
the .... 28 May 1964 The United States placed the first Apollo Command Module 
... the Soviet Union achieved lunar orbit with its Luna 10 space probe, the first 
such... [DOC] [TLE] History's Highest Stage - NASA History Homepage [PAR] Although allied during World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union ... the 
U.S. Air Force had successfully launched its first Atlas guided missile. ... Yuri 
Gagarin's one-orbit flight, on April 12, 1961, kicked the Space Race into high 
gear. ... On May 25, 1961barely six weeks after Gagarin's flight and only 20 
days after... [DOC] [TLE] 40 Years Ago, Skylab Paved Way for International Space Station [PAR] Prior to launch in May 1973, the Skylab space station, foreground, awaits liftoff 
atop a ... The longest American spaceflight at that point was the 14-day mission of 
Gemini 7 ... Skylab 2 would double that record and show that the astronauts 
adapted well. ..... After a first orbit rendezvous, Gemini XI is docked with its Agena
. [DOC] [TLE] Skylab launched - May 14, 1973 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Skylab, America's first space station, is successfully launched into an orbit around 
... The first manned Skylab mission came two years after the Soviet Union 
launched ... One year after the United States doubled its territory with the 
Louisiana... [DOC] [TLE] Time Line of Space Exploration - RocketMime [PAR] May 15, 1958 - Sputnik 3 is launched by the U.S.S.R. ... December 14, 1962 - 
U.S. Mariner 2, the first successful planetary spacecraft, flies past Venus, and 
enters a ... March, 1966 - Soviet Luna 10 is the first spacecraft to orbit the moon. 
.... lifts off for its first mission (STS-6) and has the first American space walk in 
nine years. [DOC] [TLE] Skylab - University of Oregon [PAR] The Skylab space station was launched May 14, 1973, from the NASA Kennedy 
Space ... Their manual control of the space station, their fine pointing of 
experiments, and their ... It was expected that Skylab would remain in orbit eight 
to ten years. .... Salyut 6 was also visited by the first non-U.S., non-U.S.S.R. space 
traveler. [DOC] [TLE] 9.1. History of space stations [PAR] So while the International Space Station (ISS) may be the most ambitious space 
... one of the major goals of space planners in the United States and the Soviet 
Union. ... The first mission to Salyut 1, in April, failed after the cosmonauts docked 
their ... 6 was launched in September 1977 and spent four and a half years in 
orbit. [DOC] [TLE] Space Exploration | National Archives [PAR] Aug 21, 2016 ... October 4 - The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space. 
November 3 - The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 was launched with a dog named 
Laika on board. ... February 20 - Astronaut John Glenn became the first American 
in orbit. ... May 14 - The U.S. launched its first space station, Skylab. [DOC] [TLE] space station | Britannica.com [PAR] Since 1971, 11 space stations launched into a low orbit around Earth have been 
... 23 (1), first space station, equipped for scientific studies; abandoned after its 
first crew ... Salyut 2, U.S.S.R., April 3, 1973

Question: This first U.S. space station was launched on May 14, 1973 -- 2 years after the Soviet Union orbited its first
Answer: Skylab