Skylab 1

Artifact — Date: 2015 | Photo by: Chris Griffith

Although Skylab was destroyed by re-entry in 1977, some fragments survived to fall in the Indian Ocean and Australia. This piece is of one of Skylab's oxygen tanks, and was found in the Australian outback.

Type: Skylab
Kind: Flown Vehicle
Vehicle: S-IV-B 212
Flight: Skylab 1
Mission: SL-1
Location: US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama