What to do after the Apollo Moon Missions ended? Repurpose hardware planned for cancelled Apollo missions into a gigantic for its time Earth orbiting Solar Observatory and Research Lab! Launched into orbit in May, 1973, Skylab was the beginning of humans living in low earth orbit that eventually led to the International Space Station. We’ll learn about Skylab’s development, its severe damage at launch, the heroic work astronauts did to save it, the three different crews each staying longer than the last, its triumph, and its ultimate fate!