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Skylab: History, Technology, Applications & Measurement

Skylab was the United States' first space station launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4.

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Skylab topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Technology, Applications and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Skylab.

Related topics
253
Source areas
19
Connected nodes
272
Extracted relationships
468
Concept neighborhoods
75
Bridge connections
272

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Background · 33 topics
Overview · 32 topics
Development · 23 topics
Operational history · 23 topics
Skylab's fall to Earth · 19 topics
Depictions in fiction · 15 topics
Experiments · 15 topics
After departure · 13 topics
Cameras and film · 13 topics
Mission designations · 11 topics
Plans for re-use after the last mission · 10 topics
Engineering mock-ups · 8 topics
Film vaults and window radiation shield · 8 topics
Computers · 7 topics
Gyroscopes · 7 topics
Launchers, rescue, and cancelled missions · 6 topics
Gallery · 5 topics
Life aboard · 3 topics
NASA · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Apogee altitude
274.6 miles (441.9 km)
Atmospheric pressure
5.0 pounds per square inch (34 kPa) Oxygen 74%, nitrogen 26%
Call sign
Skylab
Carrier rocket
Saturn V AS-513
COSPAR ID
1973-027A
Crew
3 per mission (9 total)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Background

Development

Operational history

Experiments

Film vaults and window radiation shield

Gyroscopes

Life aboard

Cameras and film

Computers

Plans for re-use after the last mission

After departure

Skylab's fall to Earth

Launchers, rescue, and cancelled missions

Engineering mock-ups

Mission designations

Gallery

Depictions in fiction

NASA

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Skylab connects Entity context

The extracted context around Skylab shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Skylab → AP-101 Space Shuttle, Apollo, AS-212, Debris, February, IBM System/4Pi TC-1, January, May, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, NASA, On August, One, Orbital Workshop, S-IV, S-IVB, SA-513, Saturn, Severe, The Another extracted example is Skylab → Airlock, Archived September, Chronology, Classroom, Docking Module, Four Rooms Earth View, M487, Medium, Module, NASA History Series Publications, New Sun, Skylab Crew Quarters Illustration, Solar Results, SP-399 Skylab EREP Investigations, SP-4011 Skylab, SP-402, SP-404 Skylab's Skylab's Astronomy, Space, Space Sciences, Summary. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Skylab

Top relations

related to Completion and launch · 23
Skylab → AP-101 Space Shuttle, Apollo, AS-212, Debris, February, IBM System/4Pi TC-1, January, May, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, NASA, On August, One, Orbital Workshop, S-IV, S-IVB, SA-513, Saturn, Severe, The
related to NASA · 23
Skylab → Airlock, Archived September, Chronology, Classroom, Docking Module, Four Rooms Earth View, M487, Medium, Module, NASA History Series Publications, New Sun, Skylab Crew Quarters Illustration, Solar Results, SP-399 Skylab EREP Investigations, SP-4011 Skylab, SP-402, SP-404 Skylab's Skylab's Astronomy, Space, Space Sciences, Summary
related to Solar activity · 23
Skylab → Although Skylab, Atmospheric Administration, Battelle Memorial Institute, British, By, Canada, Desmond King-Hele, Earth, Earth's, Greater-than-expected, January, Kosmos, NASA, NASA's, National Oceanic, NOAA, NORAD, RAE, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Skylab's
related to Early studies · 21
Skylab → Although, Apollo, Apollo-based, Army, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Braun, Development Operations Division, Douglas Aircraft Company, Gemini, Horizon, In, Moon, NASA, Project Horizon, Proposals, Saturn, Saturn IB, Saturn S-IVB, Studies, The
related to Plans for re-use after the last mission · 21
Skylab → After, Another, Apollo CSM, Atlas-Agena, CMG Skylab, CMGs, No, One, Other, Shuttle, Skylab Rescue, Skylab's, Space Shuttle, Teleoperator Retrieval System, The, This, Titan III, TRS, Virtually, When Skylab
related to Third party · 21
Skylab → Alabama, Belew Collection, Chapter, Christmas, Encyclopædia Britannica Archived July, Flight Digital Collections, Huntsville Archives, Leland Belew, Photograph Collection, Reentry, Skylab Collection, Skylab's, SkylabHistoric Spacecraft, SkylabSkylab, SP-4208, Special Collections Files, Special CollectionsLeland, Teresa Ann Jennings Skylab, The Museum, The University
related to Skylab's fall to Earth · 20
Skylab → Caen's, Chronicle, Examiner, Herb Caen, Jarvis, Jeff Jarvis, NASA, Nebraska, Philippines, President Ferdinand Marcos, Publisher Reg Murphy, San Francisco Chronicle, Skylab Repellent, Skylab's, Special, T-shirts, The, The Examiner, The San Francisco Examiner, US
related to Mission designations · 19
Skylab → Although, By, Deke Slayton, During, James, July, NASA, NASA Astronaut Group, NASA Marshall, Originally, Pete Conrad, SL-1, SL-4, SLM-1, SLM-3, Soyuz, The, They, William Pogue
related to Shuttle mission plans · 19
Skylab → After, Alternatively, An, Apollo Telescope Mount, Earth, In, In August, In January, In March, Martin Marietta, Over, Power Expansion Package, Space Shuttle, Spacelab, Teleoperator Retrieval System, The, TRS, TV, US
related to Further reading · 18
Skylab → Brooks, Chronology, Courtney, Ertel, Evaluation, Ivan, NASA, New Sun, Newkirk, PDF, Roland, Skylab Crew Systems Mission, Skylab Reactivation Mission Report, Skylab This, SP-4011, SP-402, The Solar Results, This

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

space station would nasa mission apollo crew solar system saturn missions two film workshop orbit could experiments also earth one

Skylab relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 468 structured relationships around Skylab. Examples in this analysis include Skylab → Apogee altitude → 274.6 miles (441.9 km) and Skylab → Atmospheric pressure → 5.0 pounds per square inch (34 kPa) Oxygen 74%, nitrogen 26%. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SkylabApogee altitude274.6 miles (441.9 km)1.00infobox
SkylabAtmospheric pressure5.0 pounds per square inch (34 kPa) Oxygen 74%, nitrogen 26%1.00infobox
SkylabCall signSkylab1.00infobox
SkylabCarrier rocketSaturn V AS-5131.00infobox
SkylabCOSPAR ID1973-027A1.00infobox
SkylabCrew3 per mission (9 total)1.00infobox
SkylabDays in orbit2249 days (~6.16 years)1.00infobox
SkylabDays occupied171 days1.00infobox
SkylabDiameter21.67 feet (6.61 m)1.00infobox
SkylabDistance travelled~890,000,000 mi (1.43×109 km)1.00infobox
SkylabHeight36.3 feet (11.1 m) w/ telescope mount1.00infobox
SkylabLaunchMay 14, 1973 17:30:00 UTC (53 years ago)1.00infobox
SkylabLaunch padKennedy LC-39A1.00infobox
SkylabLength82.4 feet (25.1 m) w/o Apollo CSM1.00infobox
SkylabMass168,750 pounds (76,540 kg) w/o Apollo CSM1.00infobox
SkylabMission statusDeorbited1.00infobox
SkylabNo. of orbits34,9811.00infobox
SkylabOrbital inclination50.0°1.00infobox
SkylabOrbital period93.4 minutes1.00infobox
SkylabOrbits per day15.41.00infobox
SkylabPerigee altitude269.7 miles (434.0 km)1.00infobox
SkylabPressurised volume12,417 cubic feet (351.6 m3)1.00infobox
SkylabReentryJuly 11, 1979 16:37:00 UTC1.00infobox
SkylabSATCAT no.66331.00infobox
SkylabWidth55.8 feet (17.0 m) w/ one solar panel1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Skylab bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Space, Mission and Crew. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Skylab
    • Space
    • Mission
    • Crew
    • Would
    • Nasa
    • Solar
    • Orbit
    • Station
    • Launch
    • Shuttle
    • Earth
    • Missions
  • skylab
    • Space
    • Mission
    • Crew
    • Would
    • Nasa
    • Solar
    • Orbit
    • Station
    • Launch
    • Shuttle
    • Earth
    • Missions
  • space station
    • Station
    • Shuttle
    • Would
    • Large
    • Use
    • One
    • Skylab's
    • Earth
    • System
    • Crewed
    • Crew
    • Rocket
  • nasa
    • Space
    • Station
    • Skylab
    • Mission
    • Apollo
    • Would
    • Crew
    • Shuttle
    • Earth
    • Missions
    • System
    • Three
  • skylab 2
    • Space
    • Mission
    • Crew
    • Would
    • Nasa
    • Solar
    • Orbit
    • Station
    • Launch
    • Shuttle
    • Earth
    • Missions
  • skylab 3
    • Space
    • Mission
    • Crew
    • Would
    • Nasa
    • Solar
    • Orbit
    • Station
    • Launch
    • Shuttle
    • Earth
    • Missions
  • skylab 4
    • Space
    • Mission
    • Crew
    • Would
    • Nasa
    • Solar
    • Orbit
    • Station
    • Launch
    • Shuttle
    • Earth
    • Missions
  • apollo applications program
    • Missions
    • Saturn
    • Solar
    • Shuttle
    • Workshop
    • Program
    • Launch
    • Mission
    • Orbital
    • Would
    • Crewed
    • Nasa

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Skylab, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Skylab with Background. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
SkylabBackground · splits 239 ⟂ 34
SkylabOverview · splits 240 ⟂ 33
SkylabDevelopment · splits 249 ⟂ 24
SkylabOperational history · splits 249 ⟂ 24
SkylabSkylab's fall to Earth · splits 253 ⟂ 20
SkylabExperiments · splits 257 ⟂ 16
SkylabDepictions in fiction · splits 257 ⟂ 16
SkylabCameras and film · splits 259 ⟂ 14
SkylabAfter departure · splits 259 ⟂ 14
SkylabMission designations · splits 261 ⟂ 12
SkylabPlans for re-use after the last mission · splits 262 ⟂ 11
SkylabFilm vaults and window radiation shield · splits 264 ⟂ 9
SkylabEngineering mock-ups · splits 264 ⟂ 9
SkylabGyroscopes · splits 265 ⟂ 8
SkylabComputers · splits 265 ⟂ 8
SkylabLaunchers, rescue, and cancelled missions · splits 266 ⟂ 7
SkylabGallery · splits 267 ⟂ 6
SkylabLife aboard · splits 269 ⟂ 4
SkylabNASA · splits 270 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Skylab

Nodes273
Edges272
Triples468
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007326
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Skylab to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Technology, Applications & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Skylab · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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