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Skylab
[ skahy-lab ]
noun
- a U.S. earth-orbiting space station that was periodically staffed by three separate crews of astronauts and remained in orbit 1973–79.
Skylab
/ ˈskaɪˌlæb /
noun
- a US space station launched in May 1973 into an orbit inclined at 50° to the equatorial plane at a mean altitude of 430 kilometres (270 miles), the astronauts working there under conditions of zero gravity. It disintegrated, unmanned, in 1979, with some parts landing in the outback of Australia
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Skylab1
C20: from sky + lab ( oratory )
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