On Feb. 8, 1974, the last crew of the Skylab space station returned to Earth. Skylab was the first and only American space ...
In 1973, headlines claimed NASA astronauts went on strike aboard Skylab, the first American space station. The truth was messier and more human, a breakdown in communication, crushing schedules, and a ...
The Skylab space station crashed into a debris field scattered across the Indian Ocean and Western Australia on July 11th, 1979. On that day, the only orbital workshop the United States ever operated ...
Skylab IV splashed down on this day in 1974, ending the last mission to America’s first space station. They were glad to get home. The crew of Skylab IV — William Pogue, Gerald Carr and Edward Gibson ...
In 1974 Colonel William Pogue became the first American to go on strike—in space. The astronaut was part of the last, and longest, manned mission aboard the Skylab space station. About halfway through ...
Paper Mechanics: Howard Lohnes -- inside back cover. Printed in Singapore - t.p. Hallmark 400HEC48 - back cover. "Hallmark Children's Editions are created in consultation with Dr. Edith M. Dowley ...