Skylab Over Earth
Explanation:
Skylab was an orbiting laboratory launched by a
Saturn V rocket in May 1973.
Skylab was visited three times by NASA astronauts who sometimes
stayed as long as two and a half months. Many scientific tests were
preformed on Skylab, including astronomical observations in
ultraviolet and
X-ray
light. Some of these observations yielded valuable information about Comet
Kohoutek, our
Sun
and about the mysterious X-ray background - radiation that comes from
all over the sky. Skylab fell back to earth on 11 July 1979.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
