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Skylab is a US space station, launched on the
14th of May 1973, made from the adapted upper
stage of a Saturn V rocket. At 75tonnes (82½
tons), it was the heaviest object ever put
into space, and was 25.6m (84ft) long. Skylab
contained a workshop for carrying out
experiments in weightlessness, an observatory
for monitoring the Sun, and cameras for
photographing the Earth's surface.
Subject by: Amanda Gibbon