Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Skylab Over Earth
Explanation:
Skylab [ http://heasarc.gsfc…] was an orbiting laboratory launched by a Saturn V rocket [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in May 1973. Skylab [ http://heasarc.gsfc…] was visited three times by NASA astronauts who sometimes stayed as long as two and a half months. Many scientific tests were performed on Skylab [ http://www.ssl.msfc…], including astronomical observations in ultraviolet [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and X-ray [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] light. Some of these observations yielded valuable information about Comet Kohoutek [ http://www.explorat…], our Sun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and about the mysterious X-ray background [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] - radiation that comes from all over the sky. Skylab [ http://www.xmission…] fell back to earth on 11 July 1979.
Credit and Copyright:
Skylab [ http://www.ksc.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
Earth
keyword:
Skylab
facet_when:
May 1973
facet_when:
11 July 1979
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Skylab
facet_when_year:
1973
facet_when_year:
1979
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap000528

Skylab Over Earth
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