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About Estes Saturn V Limited Edition Skylab
Saturn V Skylab Model Rocket Kit, Skill Level: Master Overview: Between 1967 and 1973, NASA successfully launched 13 Saturn V rockets – two were unmanned test flights, nine carried astronauts to the moon or Earth orbit, and one, the last Saturn V, had a mission unlike any other. This was the launch of the first American space station, an enormous orbital habitat called Skylab. Apollo was not meant to be a singular achievement. After a series of moon landings, NASA expected to transition to the Apollo Applications Program (AAP) which would have used the hardware developed for the moon missions to support expanded space exploration activities. AAP would have deployed Lunar Module cargo carriers and astronaut “taxis,” lunar surface habitats, and orbital space stations. But NASA’s funding was diminishing and by the time of Armstrong’s “Giant Leap” the public and Congress had lost the drive to keep space exploration a priority. Apollos 18, 19 and 20 were canceled even though much of the hardware had already been paid for and built. In an attempt to salvage some part of AAP and utilize the hardware on hand, a single Earth orbital space station – Skylab – was proposed. The space station was constructed from a modified S-IVB stage and on May 14, 1973, was lifted to orbit by the Saturn V’s powerful first and second stages. Compared to the Apollo Command Module, the interior volume of the Skylab orbital workshop was vast, with room for a crew of three to live and work in relative comfort. Eventually, three separate crews called Skylab home for successively longer missions, culminating in an 84 day stay between November 1973 and February 1974. Although there were plans to keep Skylab aloft indefinitely for future crews, unexpected orbital decay brought the massive space station down in 1979, scattering its parts across Western Australia. The Estes Saturn V Skylab is an accurate 1:100 scale reproduction of this historic rocket and its space statio
