Object Details
Manufacturer
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Summary
Skylab was a human space station launched into Earth orbit by the United States in May 1973. Skylab had four major units: the orbital workshop where the crew lived and primarily worked, an airlock module used to exit Skylab for outside activities, the multiple docking adapter with docking ports for the Apollo spacecraft, and the Apollo telescope mount observatory for solar research. A crew of three astronauts occupied Skylab during each of three missions. Abandoned in 1974, Skylab was destroyed during reentry through Earth's atmosphere in July 1979. This is one of various display models produced by NASA to depict the complete Skylab configuration.
NASA transferred the model to the Smithsonian in 1974.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19740759000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
MODELS-Crewed Spacecraft & Parts
Materials
plastic
metal foil
decals
Dimensions
Overall: 33 in. (83.8cm)
3-D (worksop): 66.7 × 22.9 × 13.3cm (26 1/4 × 9 × 5 1/4 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19740759000