Skylab set the stage for 50 years of scientific advances, but America's first space station is mostly remembered for the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - 50 years ago America’s first space station, Skylab, lifted off into space. To celebrate the anniversary, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center is hosting a series of free events ...

Skylab’s rocky start Skylab separated from the Saturn rocket on time and deployed its Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) and a suite of X-ray, visible-light, and ultraviolet solar physics instruments.

The United States Mint is getting ready to put a rocket in your pocket. Alabama chose NASA's historic Saturn V to appear on a $1 coin as its example of American Innovation.

The United States Mint is getting ready to put a rocket in your pocket. As first announced in 2022, the state of Alabama chose NASA's historic Saturn V to appear on a $1 coin as its example of ...

The final Saturn V launch in 1973 put Skylab, America’s first space station, in orbit. The Saturn V at Johnson had been exposed to the elements for more than 20 years while on display.

While Skylab's Saturn V launch vehicle sat at LC-39A, the neighboring pad, LC-39B, was mounted with a smaller Saturn IB rocket carrying the lab's awaiting crew.

A rocket center report from 2022 described the Saturn 1B as an “overlooked workhorse of the Apollo program.” Among its tasks was as the launch vehicle for the Skylab mission that is ...

After the completion of the Apollo program, Saturn 1B launched three missions to the Skylab space station in 1973. The Saturn 1B also was used for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.

The Saturn 1B rocket, which stands 168 feet tall with a diameter of 22 feet, has been in place at the welcome center since 1979. It is one of only two remaining in the world, according to the ...