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Skylab

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Skylab space stationCrewed orbital workshop and solar observatoryReenteredSkylab was America’s first space station, built around converted Saturn S-IVB-212.

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The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), one of four major components comprising the Skylab, was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center.

Apollo Telescope MountSolar observatory and station attitude-control assemblyReenteredThe Apollo Telescope Mount was Skylab's externally mounted solar observatory, electrical-power source, and precision pointing assembly.

No imageSaturn IB SA-207Crew launch vehicleExpendedSaturn IB SA-207 supported Skylab 3 in the Skylab program.

No imageSkylab 2 CSM-116Modified Apollo command and service moduleRecoveredCSM-116 carried the first Skylab crew and the emergency repair equipment that saved the station.

No imageSkylab 3 CSM-117Modified Apollo command and service moduleRecoveredCSM-117 carried the second resident crew to Skylab and returned them after a record 59-day expedition.

No imageSkylab 4 CSM-118Modified Apollo command and service moduleRecoveredSkylab 4 CSM-118 supported Skylab 4 in the Skylab program.

No imageSkylab Rescue CSM-119Modified Apollo rescue and backup spacecraftPreservedCSM-119 was maintained as Skylab’s backup and rescue spacecraft.

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This cutaway drawing details the internal design of the Skylab Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA).

Skylab Multiple Docking AdapterDocking, control, and experiment moduleReenteredThe Multiple Docking Adapter formed Skylab's forward crew-vehicle interface and a compact control-and-experiment compartment.

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Contextual image from Skylab 1; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact Saturn V SA-513 record.

Saturn V SA-513Two-stage Skylab launch vehicleExpendedSA-513 was the final Saturn V launched and the only Saturn V flown with two powered stages.

No imageSaturn IB SA-206Crew launch vehicleExpendedSaturn IB SA-206 supported Skylab 2 in the Skylab program.

No imageSaturn IB SA-208Crew launch vehicleExpendedSaturn IB SA-208 supported Skylab 4 in the Skylab program.

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This 1971 photograph was taken during the assembly of the Flight Article of the Skylab Airlock Module (AM).

Skylab Airlock ModuleStation airlock and systems moduleReenteredSkylab's Airlock Module was both the crew's EVA gateway and the station's central utility module.

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