IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Skylab, the United States' first ...

Before the International Space Station existed, before U.S. astronauts shared space on Russia's space station Mir, America's first home in Earth orbit was Skylab. The converted upper stage of a ...

The small Esperance Municipal Museum is located near the waterfront of the port town of about 10,000. A large model of Skylab stands on a pedestal at the museum’s entrance. The museum houses a ...

WASHINGTON -- NASA celebrates the 40th anniversary today of Skylab, America's first space station. It was conceived in Huntsville, Al., and saved there when the program nearly ended before it began. A ...

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 ...

Astronauts who flew in America's first space station more than 30 years ago trained in the aluminum-and-steel hulk that bakes under the blazing sun. Today, birds and raccoons have taken over. A ...