On May 14, 1973, the U.S. space station Skylab is launched.
Quote Of The Day
"It seems she learned very rapidly in zero g without the benefits of any previous experience." Owen Garriot (talking about spider Arabella and her role in a Skylab student experiment).
Image Of The Day
An overhead view of the Skylab Orbital Workshop in Earth orbit as photographed from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during the final fly-around by the CSM before returning home. By NASA, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org