{"id":74016,"date":"2003-11-08T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-09T00:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-344670"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:23:19","slug":"part-i-the-history-of-skylab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/part-i-the-history-of-skylab\/","title":{"rendered":"Part I – The History of Skylab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">3 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">Part I – The History of Skylab<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Originally Published Nov. 8, 2003<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/part-ii-life-on-skylab\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"213460\">Part II \u2013 Life on Skylab<\/a>  |  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/part-iii-the-legacy-of-skylab\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"213570\">Part III \u2013 The Legacy of Skylab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been three years since the first human inhabitants took up residence aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Since then, the ISS has been home to eight resident crews who have performed fantastic research in the microgravity of Earth orbit. But none of this would have been possible without America\u2019s first space station: Skylab.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"On February 8, 1974, Skylab?s final manned mission (Skylab 4) left behind America?s first space station after a stay of 84 d\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 42% 95%; object-position: 42% 95%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg 3887w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sl4-143-4706_0.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">On February 8, 1974, Skylab’s final manned mission (Skylab 4) left behind America’s first space station after a stay of 84 days.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>From its launch on May 14, 1973, until the return of its third and final crew on Feb. 8, 1974, the Skylab program proved that humans can live and work in outer space for extended periods of time.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pete Conrad, Paul Weitz and Joe Kerwin spent 28 days in orbit as the first crew of Skylab. The second crew\u2014Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott\u2014spent 59 days in space. The final Skylab crew spent 84 days in space and consisted of Jerry Carr, Bill Pogue and Edward Gibson. Each Skylab crew set new spaceflight duration records. The record set by the final crew was not broken by an American astronaut until the Shuttle-Mir program more than 20 years later.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Skylab program official emblem with image of Skylab and Earth and sun in background\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg 5110w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=768,767 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=1024,1022 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=1536,1534 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=2048,2045 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=1200,1198 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/s73-23952.jpg?resize=2000,1997 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Official emblem for the NASA’s Skylab Program.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Skylab served as the greatest solar observatory of its time, a microgravity lab, a medical lab, an Earth-observing facility, and, most importantly, a home away from home for its residents. The program also led to new technologies. Special showers, toilets, sleeping bags, exercise equipment and kitchen facilities were designed to function in microgravity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1336&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1336\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1336&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Close-up of the undeployed Skylab Orbital Workshop Solar Array\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1336&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=300&h=209&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=768&h=534&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=1024&h=713&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1069&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=400&h=278&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=600&h=418&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=900&h=626&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0100555\/0100555~large.jpg?w=1200&h=835&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">View of the partially damaged solar array on Skylab.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As successful as the program was, the first two crews had to overcome some unexpected challenges. During the station\u2019s launch, airflow caused a meteoroid shield to come off, tearing off one of two solar panels and preventing the other from deploying. The damage resulted in reduced power for the station. When the first crew arrived 11 days later, their first task was to repair the damage. Once repairs were complete, full power was restored.<br> A thruster leak caused trouble for the second crew, causing Bean\u2019s rendezvous with the station to be more challenging than expected. Once they were on board, a second thruster developed a leak. Plans were drawn up for a rescue, but the crew was able to complete the mission as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original plans called for the station to remain in space after the final Skylab mission, for another 8 to 10 years, possibly to be visited by the Shuttle fleet. But unexpectedly high solar activity foiled the plan, and on July 11, 1979, Skylab re-entered the Earth\u2019s atmosphere and disintegrated, dispersing debris across a sparsely populated section of western Australia and the southeastern Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was a certain small amount of sadness when we left, realizing we were going to be the last crew to inhabit the spacecraft,\u201d Carr said. \u201cIt had hung together beautifully for us, and we kind of hated to leave it. 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