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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Height 110.60 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 35100 kN
Diameter 10.10 Meters
Mass To LEO 140000 kg
Liftoff Mass 2970 Tonnes
Launch Success 12
Consecutive Success 11
Maiden Flight 1967-11-09
Launch Failures 1
Skylab was the first United States space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: SL-2, SL-3 and SL-4. Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation, and hundreds of experiments.
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