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NASA’s first space station weighed 77 tons and its launch nearly destroyed it, but engineers saved the thing with an improvised parasol, and when it finally fell out of orbit in 1979 a small Australian town fined the agency $400 for littering.
In July 1979, people around the world watched the night sky as America’s first space station fell from orbit. Newspapers and citizens speculated, wondering where the debris might land. Some people even threw “Skylab parties,” highlighting the... Read more.
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