Skylab Orbital Workshop
The Skylab orbital-workshop family represents NASA's first space station, built around a converted Saturn V S-IVB stage with an airlock module, multiple docking adapter, and Apollo Telescope Mount. McDonnell Douglas converted the workshop under NASA Marshall management, and NASA operated it in low Earth orbit from 1973 until reentry in 1979.
Identity
- Aliases
- Skylab Space StationSaturn WorkshopSWSOrbital WorkshopOWS
- Family Name
- Skylab
- Full Name
- Skylab Orbital Workshop
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- skylab-orbital-workshop
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- The Skylab orbital-workshop family represents NASA's first space station, built around a converted Saturn V S-IVB stage with an airlock module, multiple docking adapter, and Apollo Telescope Mount. McDonnell Douglas converted the workshop under NASA Marshall management, and NASA operated it in low Earth orbit from 1973 until reentry in 1979.
- First Flight Year
- 1,973
- Last Flight Year
- 1,979
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7dn1pccd488zm13zggn4eqch89nyx0
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/skylab/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/17/2026, 3:30:07 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/17/2026, 3:30:07 AM