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This is just a sandbox for my alternate history, none of this is to be taken seriously

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agency overview
AbbreviationNASA
FormedJuly 29, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-07-29)
Preceding agency
TypeSpace agency
Aeronautics research agency
JurisdictionUnited States Federal Government
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
38°52′59″N 77°0′59″W / 38.88306°N 77.01639°W / 38.88306; -77.01639
Victor Glover
Deputy AdministratorGarrett Reisman
Primary spaceports
Employees17,960 (2022)[2]
Annual budgetIncrease US$28.384 billion (2023)[3]

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Space Shuttle Odyssey disaster
Space Shuttle Columbia landing during it's STS-62 mission.
The Space Shuttle Odyssey launching on STS-41D, its second flight to Skylab.
DateFebruary 2, 1987; 37 years ago (1987-02-02)
Time9:41 am EST (14:41 UTC)
LocationOver Atlantic Ocean
CauseRCC tile damage after failed RTLS abort
OutcomeLoss of Odyssey, shuttle fleet grounded for 23 months, all west coast shuttle mission replaced with Shuttle-C launches
Deaths
InquiriesRide Comission

Skylab
Skylab as photographed by (Skylab 4).
Skylab program insignia
Station statistics
Call signSkylab
Crew3 per mission (initially)
5-7 per mission (Space shuttle) (41 total)
LaunchMay 14, 1973
17:30:00 UTC (51 years ago)
Carrier rocketModified Saturn V
Launch padKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ReentryAugust 12, 1987
16:37:00 UTC
Mission statusDeorbited
Mass168,750 pounds (76,540 kg)[4]
w/o Apollo CSM or Space Shuttle Orbiter
Length103.4 feet (31.5 m)
w/o Apollo CSM or Space Shuttle Orbiter
Width55.8 feet (17.0 m)
w/ one solar panel
Height43.3 feet (13.2 m)
w/ power tower
Diameter21.67 feet (6.61 m)
/OWS
Pressurised volume13,416 cubic feet (379.9 m3)
Atmospheric pressure5.0 pounds per square inch (34 kPa) Oxygen 74%, nitrogen 26%[5]
Perigee altitude269.7 miles (434.0 km)
Apogee altitude274.6 miles (441.9 km)
Orbital inclination50.0°
Orbital period93.4 minutes
Orbits per day15.4
Days in orbit5231 days (6.6 years)
Days occupied1015 days
No. of orbits76,981
Distance travelled~890,000,000 mi (1,400,000,000 km)
Statistics as of Re-entry August 12, 1987
Configuration
Skylab configuration as planned
  1. ^ US Centennial of Flight Commission, NACA. Archived February 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. centennialofflight.net. Retrieved on November 3, 2011.
  2. ^ "Workforce Profile". NASA. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  3. ^ "NASA's FY 2023 Budget". The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "EP-107 Skylab: A Guidebook". NASA. Retrieved February 28, 2017. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Belew (1977), p. 18