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Life and leisure aboard Skylab, NASA's 1970s space station
Life and leisure aboard Skylab, NASA's 1970s space station
   1973 Astronaut Joseph Kerwin examines Charles Conrad during the first manned mission to Skylab. Image: SSPL/Getty Images Decades before the moon landing, an orbital space station was considered a natural early step in space exploration. Initial concepts envisioned massive rotating stations with dozens of personnel for terrestrial surveillance, but advances in solar power and communications tech**logy made it possible for robotic satellites to perform such tasks. Throughout the 1960s, several concepts were explored for smaller stations that could fit inside a Saturn V rocket stage rather than be assembled in orbit, including a “wet workshop” design, where a fuel tank would be emptied once in orbit and converted into a spacious living area. The cancellation of several moon missions freed up the resources to launch a “dry workshop” station with the interior already assembled. Read more... More about Space, Nasa, Science, History, and Space Station ??????? ??????: Life and leisure aboard Skylab, NASA's 1970s space station || ??????: rss || ??????: اسم منتداك
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