The ISS has been a symbol of research and cooperation for decades, but NASA has plans to deorbit the station in 2030, likely ...

The International Space Station just notched a major milestone, but its days are numbered: The ISS will crash to Earth over ...

What happens when a space station falls out of the sky? The world got a preview back in 1979 with the end of Skylab, the United States' first space station. NASA had placed Skylab into Earth orbit six ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Before the International Space Station existed, before U.S. astronauts shared space on Russia's ...

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The news was everywhere that July: In 1979, after orbiting the planet for a few years and being subjected to intensified solar activity that increased drag, the Skylab space station was going to go ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. UNITED STATES - APRIL 24: This spectacular view of Skylab, clearly showing the sun ...

A safety panel highlighted the urgency of safely deorbiting the International Space Station (ISS) after it retires in 2030, warning of a catastrophe if the spacecraft were to make an uncontrolled ...

Skylab, America's first space station, had a dramatic birth and death. Damaged on its trip into space in 1973, it required an innovative repair—an expandable heat shield deployed through an ...

The space station was the nation's first effort at long-term human space missions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Skylab was the ...