Sixty years after the first woman launched into space, here is a short story about a comic strip artist, an anthropomorphic ant, an orbital workshop, a wizard and Sally Ride.

Before the International Space Station existed, before U.S. astronauts shared space on Russia's space station Mir, America's first home in Earth orbit was Skylab. The converted upper stage of a ...

If astronauts had become stranded on the Skylab Orbital Workshop, NASA had a plan, and in July 1973 it came very near to launching its plan. Beyond Apollo blogger and historian David S. F. Portree ...

As the U.S. and its partners involved in the International Space Station work through another possible down-to-the-wire, space station deorbiting scenario, a top takeaway from Skylab still applies ...

An Alabama group has shooed away the raccoons and is restoring an aluminum-and-steel hulk that was once a training mock-up for astronauts onAmerica's first space station.

While Skylab had an Earth orbit of only 268 miles, completing an orbit every 93 minutes, Gateway will have a highly elliptical orbit around the moon that will range from 930 miles to 43,000 miles ...

The eventual success of America’s first space station, Skylab, was masked by a troubled launch that almost halted the mission in its tracks.

WASHINGTON -- NASA celebrates the 40th anniversary today of Skylab, America's first space station. It was conceived in Huntsville, Al., and saved there when the program nearly ended before it ...

Thursday was the 40th anniversary of Skylab falling back to Earth. While most people know it as America's first manned space station, its influence extends much further, inspiring space research ...

Long before the International Space Station, America's first home in Earth orbit was Skylab. See NASA's Skylab legacy, 40 years later.

Skylab, the first U.S. space station, remains the largest station launched into orbit in one piece. When its last crew departed in February 1974, it still had plenty of oxygen, water, and other ...

Did a crew sent to the US Skylab space station go on strike? The last surviving member says it's a myth that won't die.