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Skylab
	Skylab as photographed by (Skylab 4).
	Skylab program insignia
Station statistics
Call sign	Skylab
Crew	3 per mission (initially); 5-7 per mission (Space shuttle) (41 total)
Launch	May 14, 1973 ; 17:30:00 UTC (50 years ago)
Carrier rocket	Modified Saturn V
Launch pad	Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
Reentry	August 12, 1987 ; 16:37:00 UTC
Mission status	Deorbited
Mass	168,750 pounds (76,540 kg) ; w/o Apollo CSM or Space Shuttle Orbiter
Length	103.4 feet (31.5 m) ; w/o Apollo CSM or Space Shuttle Orbiter
Width	55.8 feet (17.0 m) ; w/ one solar panel
Height	43.3 feet (13.2 m) ; w/ power tower
Diameter	21.67 feet (6.61 m) ; /OWS
Pressurised volume	13,416 cubic feet (379.9 m3)
Atmospheric pressure	5.0 pounds per square inch (34 kPa) Oxygen 74%, nitrogen 26%
Perigee altitude	269.7 miles (434.0 km)
Apogee altitude	274.6 miles (441.9 km)
Orbital inclination	50.0°
Orbital period	93.4 minutes
Orbits per day	15.4
Days in orbit	5231 days (6.6 years)
Days occupied	1015 days
No. of orbits	76,981
Distance travelled	~890,000,000 mi (1,400,000,000 km)
	Statistics as of Re-entry August 12, 1987
Configuration
	Skylab configuration as planned

Space Shuttle *Odyssey* disaster
	The Space Shuttle Odyssey launching on STS-41D, its second flight to Skylab.
Date	February 2, 1987; 37 years ago
Time	9:41 am EST (14:41 UTC)
Location	Over Atlantic Ocean
Cause	RCC tile damage after failed RTLS abort
Outcome	Loss of Odyssey, shuttle fleet grounded for 23 months, all west coast shuttle mission replaced with Shuttle-C launches
Deaths	Jerry Richardson, Commander; Daniel Smith, Pilot; Joe Engle, Mission specialist; Steven Manawa, Mission specialist; Louis M. Galt, Mission specialist; Rachel Ames, Mission specialist; Evelyn Stevens, Payload specialist;
Inquiries	Ride Comission

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
	NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Agency overview
Abbreviation	NASA
Formed	July 29, 1958; 65 years ago
Preceding agency	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915–1958);
Type	Space agency; Aeronautics research agency
Jurisdiction	United States Federal Government
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.; 38°52′59″N 77°0′59″W / 38.88306°N 77.01639°W
Administrator	Victor Glover
Deputy Administrator	Garrett Reisman
Primary spaceports	John F. Kennedy Space Center; Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; Vandenberg Space Force Base;
Employees	17,960 (2022)
Annual budget	US$28.384 billion (2023)

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^ US Centennial of Flight Commission, NACA. Archived February 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. centennialofflight.net. Retrieved on November 3, 2011.
^ "Workforce Profile". NASA. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
^ "NASA's FY 2023 Budget". The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
^ "EP-107 Skylab: A Guidebook". NASA. Retrieved February 28, 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Belew (1977), p. 18

[CentNACA-1] US Centennial of Flight Commission, NACA. Archived February 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. centennialofflight.net. Retrieved on November 3, 2011.

[2] "Workforce Profile". NASA. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.

[3] "NASA's FY 2023 Budget". The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

[4] "EP-107 Skylab: A Guidebook". NASA. Retrieved February 28, 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[5] Belew (1977), p. 18

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