Skylab

American  

[skahy-lab] / ˈskaɪˌlæb /

noun

1. a U.S. earth-orbiting space station that was periodically staffed by three separate crews of astronauts and remained in orbit 1973–79.

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Skylab British  

/ ˈskaɪˌlæb /

noun

1. a US space station launched in May 1973 into an orbit inclined at 50° to the equatorial plane at a mean altitude of 430 kilometres (270 miles), the astronauts working there under conditions of zero gravity. It disintegrated, unmanned, in 1979, with some parts landing in the outback of Australia

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Etymology

Origin of Skylab

C20: from _sky + _lab ( _oratory )

Example Sentences

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Skylab

The orbit of the American space station Skylab is deteriorating; history tells us that parts of it came down in … Western Australia, in 1979.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024

Soon after Apollo 7, Mr. Cunningham was named director of what became known as the Skylab program, which developed America’s first space station.

From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023

They knew comparisons would be made with the previous crew, Skylab 3, which had done more than expected of them, and earned the nickname "the 150% crew".

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2021

He also designed instruments used aboard Skylab and space shuttle flights and for satellites measuring polar auroras and luminescence in the upper atmosphere.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2020

“It's a satellite. It isn't burning out. See? Just going in a straight line. Might be a satellite like Skylab, losing altitude. No one knows where it'll crash.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell