50 years ago, NASA prepared to launch America’s first space station
Excerpt from the July 4, 1970 issue of Science News
![a photo of Skylab](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/052120_MT_50YA_skylab_feat-1.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Skylab enabled record-setting scientific observations despite its short tenure in space.
NASA
Excerpt from the July 4, 1970 issue of Science News
Skylab enabled record-setting scientific observations despite its short tenure in space.
NASA