Skylab
/ˈskaɪlæb/
/ˈskaɪlæb/
- the first US space station. It was used in the early 1970s for scientific research by three different groups of three astronauts. In 1979 Skylab fell to earth in pieces which landed in the Indian Ocean and Australia without causing any damage.
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