SKYLAB (SPACE STATION)

On July 11, 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth as it burned up in the atmosphere, showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. The last crew left the space station in 1974. Over time, it began to deorbit, slowly sinking closer and closer to Earth. Skylab actually fell back to Earth a little sooner than NASA anticipated. Strong solar storms were blamed for this premature plunge, because solar activity had warmed up Earth's atmosphere. As pieces of Skylab broke up in the atmosphere, residents and pilots in the area saw dozens of colorful firework-like flares.

Skylab experiment S073 was designed to measure the surface brightness and polarization associated with zodiacal light, background starlight, and spacecraft corona during each of the Skylab missions using a 10-color photoelectric polarimeter. The polarimeter and a 16 mm camera were mounted in parallel on a scanning platform at the end of an extension mechanism which could be deployed up to a distance of 5.5 m beyond the spacecraft through scientific airlocks (SAL's) in either the solar or antisolar directions. This video includes Dr. Jerry Weinberg describing the experiment.

Skylab set the stage for future space stations like Mir and the ISS, and showed that people really could live in space for a while and do important scientific research. Hosted by: Reid Reimers ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Patrick Merrithew, Will and Sonja Marple, Thomas J., Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters, charles george, Kathy & Tim Philip, Tim Curwick, Bader AlGhamdi, Justin Lentz, Patrick D. Ashmore, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Benny, Fatima Iqbal, Accalia Elementia, Kyle Anderson, and Philippe von Bergen. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft_manned_salyut.html http://www.space.com/16773-first-space-station-salyut-1.html http://www.astronautix.com/s/salyut.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1971-032A https://books.google.com/books?id=abn5R3tdJcMC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=skylab+34,981&source=bl&ots=8We_UDg9Ru&sig=q4GA54vWQ9tr9ATwpPjy3vhlDik&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivqputvvjNAhUB8GMKHTp-ApwQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=skylab%2034%2C981&f=false http://www.space.com/21055-skylab-space-station-nasa-infographic.html http://history.nasa.gov/SP-400/summary.htm http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/skylab-everything-you-need-to-know.html http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4208/ch14.htm http://www.wired.com/2016/01/watch-two-astronauts-repair-the-iss-in-the-dark/ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/Skylab_is_40 http://wwwsolar.nrl.navy.mil/skylab_atm.html http://history.nasa.gov/SP-402/ch4.htm http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/Skylab.shtml http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-that-day-three-nasa-astronauts-20151228-column.html http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916583,00.html, http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4208/ch19.htm http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/349.html Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skylab.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salyut_1_and_Soyuz_drawing.png http://www.wired.com/2012/03/skylab-salyut-space-laboratory-1972/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab#/media/File:Skylab_illustration.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab#/media/File:Astronaut_Owen_Garriott_Performs_EVA_During_Skylab_3_-_GPN-2002-000065.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab#/media/File:40_Years_Ago,_Skylab_Paved_Way_for_International_Space_Station.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/443722main_s131e008710_hires_full.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/443722main_s131e008710_hires_full.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Skylabexpsheet.jpg http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/skylab_coronal_hole.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOLAR_(ISS)#/media/File:SOLAR_ESA.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_1#/media/File:Salyut1_with_docked_Soyuz_spacecraft.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_spaceflight_on_the_human_body#/media/File:Frank_De_Winne_on_treadmill_cropped.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab#/media/File:Skylab_reentry_map.svg

NASA did have a plan in place to save the Skylab space station. Knowing Skylab's orbit was slowly decaying, NASA decided to use the space shuttle to boost the station into a higher, more stable orbit. Sadly, it never flew. Want more Vintage Space? Be sure to check out the blog on Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space And of course, follow me on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, and Twitter as @astVintageSpace for all kinda of space history every day!

It wasn't the first time astronauts took a stand for something they felt strongly they needed, but it's certainly one of the more dramatic personality-driven episodes from NASA's early history. For a little more on the story of Skylab's orbital mutiny, check out this article from Motherboard: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-mutiny-in-orbit Want more Vintage Space? Be sure to check out the blog on Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space And of course, follow me on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, and Twitter as @astVintageSpace for all kinda of space history every day!

Long before the International Space Station there was Skylab, the rocket stage turned astronaut habitat. Skylab was NASA's first space station, designed to extend manned mission in Earth orbit using repurposed, leftover Apollo hardware. The three crews that lived aboard the station returned incredible science results (more on that in a later episode!) but the station was eventually abandoned in orbit. Learn more about NASA's Jet Shoes with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPnA89UGUFc Get the story on Skylab and Miss Universe with this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-T9evztcts For more Vintage Space, check out the blog on Popular Science:http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space. And be sure to follow me on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, and Twitter as @astVintageSpace

Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3[2]) was the third manned Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station. The mission started on November 16, 1973 with the launch of three astronauts on a Saturn IB rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida and lasted 84 days, one hour and 16 minutes. A total of 6,051 astronaut-utilization hours were tallied by Skylab 4 astronauts performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources, observation of the Comet Kohoutek and other experiments. The manned Skylab missions were officially designated Skylab 2, 3, and 4. Mis-communication about the numbering resulted in the mission emblems reading Skylab I, Skylab II, and Skylab 3 respectively. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab_4 S110

This historic NASA film shows the agency's highlights of 1973 including the Skylab space station and the efforts to repair it after it was damaged during launch. Also covered is the training for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, the Mariner mission to Mercury, Viking mission, designs for a new "space shuttle". At Edwards AFB the X-24B lifting body is tested for the Space Shuttle program, and sounding rockets are used in examining the atmosphere. The Comet Kohoutek encounter is described, and the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird / YF-12 aircraft are shown being used for civilian science research, and studies of wake turbulence are shown. Also shown is advanced flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base using remotely piloted model aircraft dropped from a B-52 mothership. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

Made during the Skylab program, this film featuring astronauts Alan Bean, Owen K. Garriot and Jack R. Lousma details the repairs made to the space station after it was damaged during launch, and then describes the second manned mission to the space station known as the Skylab 3 mission. The station was damaged during launch when the micrometeoroid shield separated from the workshop and tore away, taking one of two main solar panel arrays with it and jamming the other one so that it could not deploy. This deprived Skylab of most of its electrical power, and also removed protection from intense solar heating, threatening to make it unusable. The first crew was able to save it in the first in-space major repair, by deploying a replacement heat shade and freeing the jammed solar panels. The Skylab 3 mission began July 28, 1973, with the launch of three astronauts on the Saturn IB rocket, and lasted 59 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes. A total of 1,084.7 astronaut-utilization hours were tallied by the Skylab 3 crew performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources, and other experiments. The manned Skylab missions were officially designated Skylab 2, 3, and 4. Mis-communication about the numbering resulted in the mission emblems reading Skylab I, Skylab II, and Skylab 3 respectively. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

Produced prior to the launch of Skylab, this publicity film featuring astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad, Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz, gives an overview of the space station and its mission. Skylab was a space station launched and operated by NASA and was the United States' first space station. Skylab orbited the Earth from 1973 to 1979, and included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems. It was launched unmanned by a modified Saturn V rocket, with a weight of 169,950 pounds (77 t). Three manned missions to the station, conducted between 1973 and 1974 using the Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) atop the smaller Saturn IB, each delivered a three-astronaut crew. On the last two manned missions, an additional Apollo / Saturn IB stood by ready to rescue the crew in orbit if it was needed. The station was damaged during launch when the micrometeoroid shield separated from the workshop and tore away, taking one of two main solar panel arrays with it and jamming the other one so that it could not deploy. This deprived Skylab of most of its electrical power, and also removed protection from intense solar heating, threatening to make it unusable. The first crew was able to save it in the first in-space major repair, by deploying a replacement heat shade and freeing the jammed solar panels. Skylab included the Apollo Telescope Mount, which was a multi-spectral solar observatory, Multiple Docking Adapter (with two docking ports), Airlock Module with EVA hatches, and the Orbital Workshop, the main habitable volume. Electrical power came from solar arrays, as well as fuel cells in the docked Apollo CSM. The rear of the station included a large waste tank, propellant tanks for maneuvering jets, and a heat radiator. Numerous scientific experiments were conducted aboard Skylab during its operational life, and crews were able to confirm the existence of coronal holes in the Sun. The Earth Resources Experiment Package (EREP) was used to view the Earth with sensors that recorded data in the visible, infrared, and microwave spectral regions. Thousands of photographs of Earth were taken, and records for human time spent in orbit were extended. Plans were made to refurbish and reuse Skylab, using the Space Shuttle to boost its orbit and repair it. However, development of the Shuttle was delayed, and Skylab reentered Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated in 1979, with debris striking portions of Western Australia. Post-Skylab NASA space laboratory projects included Spacelab, Shuttle-Mir, and Space Station Freedom (later merged into the International Space Station). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

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Im back with another video from Kerbal Space Program, this time featuring United States' first space station, Skylab. I hope you guys enjoy the video and remember to favorite and comment. Thank you for viewing! Music used (In Order) : Showdown - Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Chase - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sleep and Then - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

KerbalOdyssey is my attempt to revisit and expand upon space history using Kerbal Space Program, with the help of the FASA, Skylab, Soyuz/Salyut, and HexTruss mods. In Part 5, we conclude "What if we did not abandon Skylab" by linking a Russian Salyut station to it, completing the first international space station, decades early. Future expansions to the station will continue in a less lengthy montage format. Next Episode: "Can Direct Ascent work on the Moon?"

Dr. Peter David Beter - Audio Letter 48 - July 30, 1979 Text: http://www.peterdavidbeter.com/docs/all/dbal48.html MP3: http://archive.org/download/DrPeterBeter_AudioVideoLetters/drpeterbetter_audioletter_48.mp3 (1) The final chapter in The Great Skylab Cover-Up (2) The secret war of the walking dead (3) How America will relearn the fear of God In recent weeks we Americans have been reeling from one crisis to another--the gasoline crisis, the dollar crisis with gold peaking at new record levels, the fall of Nicaragua, the alleged crash to earth of SKYLAB, rumors of a new Russian military command in Cuba, controversy over the SALT II treaty, and above all the Carter crisis--with one shocking and unprecedented development after another. Meanwhile, in the background, there's a continuing drumbeat of lesser mysteries to worry about--chemical plants, refineries, and oil storage depots keep exploding and burning daily all around us; railroad tank cars keep derailing, leaking and exploding here and there--but these things have become so commonplace in the past two years that we hardly even pay attention any more. Instead we wonder, "Why did those 41 sperm whales suddenly beach themselves and die last month on the Oregon coast?" Even the marine biologists in that area leave us with the words: "It may always be a mystery." But that soon fades from our minds, and instead our attention is diverted by pathetic television re-runs of America's heyday in space a decade ago. As we watch the fuzzy picture of a spaceman as he steps gingerly onto the moon, for a moment it is once again July 20, 1969; and for a brief moment we thrill once again to those famous words of Neil Armstrong: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." For a moment we may forget how different it is today. Our manned Space Station SKYLAB is now officially dead according to NASA, while Russian cosmonauts are setting new records in their Salyut 6 Space Station; and, strangely, the American Space Shuttle just can't seem to get off the ground. "What's happened to NASA?", we may ask ourselves; and "If we could land men on the moon, why can't we solve any of our other problems?" But before we can think of any answers, our attention is diverted again. "Here comes another bombshell from Washington", says the TV, and we forget everything else, absorbed in the latest bewildering event in the Carter crisis. My friends, news reports about these events always make them seem as if they were separate and unrelated. As a result, they seem to make no sense; and so we do as we are intended to do, we just throw up our hands. The more evil our leaders have become, the more we have decided to just trust them; and the more secretive our Government has become, the more we have lied to ourselves that we knew what was going on. But the events I mentioned a few moments ago are not separate and unrelated. They are all parts of a bigger picture; like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, each piece makes sense when you know what the total picture is. That is why in my AUDIO LETTER series I keep focusing on the total picture--that is what I said I would do when I inaugurated the AUDIO LETTER series in June 1975. Each month I can only highlight a few of the specific events that are pieces of the puzzle, but each month I try to add more to your own understanding so that you can learn to see the truth for yourself. For long-time careful listeners of my AUDIO LETTERS, recent events ought not to be any real surprise. For example, consider the fluctuating decline of the United States dollar and the fluctuating rise of gold prices. Lately many former anti-gold figures have jumped onto the gold bandwagon, as if they had always been there. Yet they tell you nothing about why these events are now taking place. My friends, the reasons are those which I made public six years ago in my book, five years ago in Congressional testimony, and then in my AUDIO LETTERS. [...] "

Features much of the early footage of the effects of weightlessness on astronauts as they work, exercise and perform acrobatics in the large space station. Skylab was NASA’s first space station. The 77-tonne outpost was in Earth orbit from 1973 to 1979 and was visited by crews three times from 1973 to 1974.

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Un día como hoy se conmemora el Día Mundial de la Población. Este mismo día en 1979, se estrelló en Australia la estación espacial Skylab, luego de caer a la Tierra de manera incontrolada. También un 11 de julio en 1995, ocurrió la Masacre de Srebrenica, donde fueron asesinados aproximadamente unos 8.000 hombres bosnios. Un día como hoy en 2010 España ganó la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de Sudáfrica luego de derrotar a Holanda 1 por cero.

Astronaut Jerry Carr says bolts and loose parts that shouldn't have been in his space capsule floated up in front of him during his trip to America's first space station, Skylab. That's in this edition of Tell Me a Story from the Rocket Garden inside the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

The final episode to our skylab series for a while, but definitely not the last time you'll see it forever. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow me on twitter! https://twitter.com/Cass2427

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