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packman

(16,296 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2020, 07:29 PM Mar 2020

View from International Space Station

Last edited Wed Mar 18, 2020, 08:24 AM - Edit history (1)

Note: Corrected from Sky Lab to International Space Station - Shows how dated I am

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View from International Space Station (Original Post) packman Mar 2020 OP

Skylab was the first space station operated by the United States. Ptah Mar 2020 #1

Skylab burned up on re-entry in 1979. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #2

What sized font is that? Patterson Mar 2020 #3

Hmmm...guessing 33,554,432-point Reference Gothic Bold...... lastlib Mar 2020 #4

Ptah

(33,032 posts)

1. Skylab was the first space station operated by the United States.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 07:38 PM

Mar 2020

Skylab was the first space station operated by the United States.
It spent six years orbiting Earth until its decaying orbit caused it
to re-enter the atmosphere. It scattered debris over the Indian Ocean
and sparsely settled areas of Western Australia