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Definition of Skylab
1. Noun. United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979.
Definition of Skylab
1. Noun. An outer space laboratory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skylab
1. an experimental sky-station [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skylab
Literary usage of Skylab
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Space Flight: The First Thirty Years (1993)
"Weitz, Joseph P. Kerwin The first crew to visit the Skylab space station started
their ... The Skylab 2 astronauts spent 28 days in space, which doubled the ..."
2. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"The AS-209 vehicle served as the backup stage, in case a possible rescue mission
needed to be dispatched to the Skylab in orbit ..."
3. Space Handbook: A War Fighter's Guide to Space by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"By late 1972, NASA was completing this station, now called Skylab. Skylab used
the first and second stages of a Saturn V rocket to get into orbit. ..."
4. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"One Saturn V was earmarked for the launch of Skylab; later NASA built a backup
Skylab orbital workshop and committed another Saturn V to launch it. ..."
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