On This Day in 1973: America's First Space Station Takes Flight...

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Skylab (Photo Release)

This photograph shows the launch of the SA-513, a modified unmanned two-stage Saturn V vehicle for the Skylab-1 mission, which placed the Skylab cluster into low-Earth orbit on May 14, 1973. The initial step in the Skylab mission was the launch of a two-stage Saturn V booster, consisting of the S-IC first stage and the S-II second stage, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Its payload was the unmanned Skylab, which consisted of the Orbital Workshop, the Airlock Module, the Multiple Docking Adapter, the Apollo Telescope Mount and an Instrument Unit.

Source: NASA.Gov

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