Skylab set the stage for 50 years of scientific advances, but America's first space station is mostly remembered for the ...

NASA launched the Skylab space station 40 years ago Tuesday, turning the modified third stage of a Saturn V moon rocket into Amerca's first off-Earth astronaut abode. Now, a team of researchers ...

On May 14, 1973, watched by 25,000 rapt spectators, the last Saturn V patiently sat on Launch Pad 39A at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Atop the rocket was Skylab, the biggest, heaviest ...

It had a maximum thrust of 7.6 million pounds. According to NASA, the Skylab launched was the end of the Saturn V lifespan. “The last Saturn V was launched in 1973, without a crew.

While Skylab's Saturn V launch vehicle sat at LC-39A, the neighboring pad, LC-39B, was mounted with a smaller Saturn IB rocket carrying the lab's awaiting crew.

The final Saturn V launch in 1973 put Skylab, America’s first space station, in orbit. The Saturn V at Johnson had been exposed to the elements for more than 20 years while on display.

Six more crewed mission ventured to Luna via the Saturn V, and the rocket was even used to send the Skylab space station into orbit during its last launch in 1973. But back to the myth.

A Saturn V also launched Apollo 13, but the spacecraft (not the rocket) had a problem and the astronauts didn't land. The last Saturn V was used to launch Skylab, America's first space station, on ...