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Skylab mission grows to orbital laboratory for long flights
UPI reports the United States accelerates Skylab construction in California and plans a 1973 launch to a 270 mile orbit. The 110 ton station, attached Apollo ferry, will offer over 10 000 cubic feet of living space for three crews over five of eight months. Salyut remains smaller at 25 tons with 3 500 cubic feet of interior.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Russia
Salyut Space Lab
America
California
Florida Spaceport
U.S
U.S Space Agency
Ylab
Salyut
Skylab
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Huntington Beach
Calif
Cape
McDonnell Douglas
St. Louis
Marshall Space Flight Center
Hlontaville
Ala
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston