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Skylab unfolds as United States prepares first space station
Space lab shapes up in California and Florida for U.S. Skylab launch planned April 30, 1975 into a 270 mile orbit. Three man crews will live aboard for five of eight months. Skylab weighs about 110 tons with an Apollo ferry and is larger than Salyut, offering over 10,000 cubic feet of living space while 17 of 33 experiments study long duration spaceflight effects.
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Cape Kennedy
Upl
Russia
Salyut
U.S. Space Agency
Spme
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Huntington Beach
Calif
Cape
Me.Donnell Douglas
Lois
Simler Construction
Min Éhall Spi Mieht
Huntsville
Sesluls Wye Niet
Hirst
Manned Spacecraft Center
Maustan