On Feb. 8, 1974, the last crew of the Skylab space station returned to Earth.
Skylab was the first and only American space station, and it supported three crewed missions. The third and final mission lasted 84 days. During their time inside the orbiting workshop, the three-person crew observed the sun, watched a comet fly by, and participated in several medical studies. The crew also performed the first-ever strike in space by cutting off communications with NASA when they became overwhelmed with their workload. They ended up doing more work than what was planned before their capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Skylab program.
Skylab was the first and only American space station, and it supported three crewed missions. The third and final mission lasted 84 days. During their time inside the orbiting workshop, the three-person crew observed the sun, watched a comet fly by, and participated in several medical studies. The crew also performed the first-ever strike in space by cutting off communications with NASA when they became overwhelmed with their workload. They ended up doing more work than what was planned before their capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Skylab program.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:04On February 8, 1974, the last crew of the Skylab Space Station returned to Earth.
00:09Skylab was the first and only American space station, and it supported three crewed missions.
00:14The third and final mission lasted 84 days.
00:18During their time inside the orbiting workshop, the three-person crew observed the sun, watched a comet fly by,
00:23and participated in several medical studies.
00:26The crew also performed the first-ever strike in space by cutting off communications with NASA,
00:30and they became overwhelmed with their workload.
00:33They ended up doing more work than what was planned before their capsule splashed out in the Pacific Ocean,
00:37marking the end of the Skylab program.
00:40And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:44NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology