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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agency overview

NASA HeadquartersinWashington, D.C.
Abbreviation	NASA
Formed	July 29, 1958; 65 years ago (1958-07-29)
Preceding agency	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915–1958)^[1]
Type	Space agency Aeronautics research agency
Jurisdiction	United States Federal Government
Headquarters	Washington, D.C. 38°52′59″N 77°0′59″W / 38.88306°N 77.01639°W / 38.88306; -77.01639
Administrator	Victor Glover
Deputy Administrator	Garrett Reisman
Primary spaceports	John F. Kennedy Space Center Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Vandenberg Space Force Base
Employees	17,960 (2022)^[2]
Annual budget	US$28.384 billion (2023)^[3]

United States space program
Part of a series on the

NASA U.S. Space Force
Human spaceflight programs Mercury Gemini Apollo Skylab Space Shuttle Shuttle–Mir International Space Station Commercial Crew Constellation Artemis Lunar Gateway
Robotic spaceflight programs CRS Explorers GLS Large Strategic Lunar Orbiter Lunar Precursor Mariner Mars Exploration New Millennium Pioneer Planetary Missions Discovery New Frontiers Solar System Exploration Planetary Observer Ranger Surveyor Vanguard Viking Voyager X-37
NASA Astronaut Corps Mercury Gemini Apollo Space Shuttle
Spaceports Eastern Range Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Kennedy Space Center Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska Western Range Vandenberg Space Force Base
Space launch vehicles Alpha Antares Atlas V Delta IV Heavy Electron Falcon 9 Full Thrust Falcon Heavy LauncherOne Minotaur I III IV V C New Glenn New Shepard Pegasus Space Launch System Starship Vulcan Centaur
National security space United States Space Force National Reconnaissance Office United States Space Command
Civil space Department of Energy national laboratories Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service Office of Space Commerce Space Weather Prediction Center Department of State Office of Space Affairs Office of Science and Technology Policy
Commercial space industry Astra Ball Aerospace Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Boeing Firefly Aerospace Lockheed Martin Raytheon Rocket Lab Northrop Grumman Sierra Nevada Corporation SpaceX SSL United Launch Alliance Virgin Galactic Virgin Orbit
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Space Shuttle *Odyssey* disaster
The Space Shuttle Odyssey launching on STS-41D, its second flight to Skylab.
Date	February 2, 1987; 37 years ago (1987-02-02)
Time	9:41 am EST (14:41 UTC)
Location	Over Atlantic Ocean
Cause	RCC tile damage after failed RTLS abort
Outcome	Loss of Odyssey, shuttle fleet grounded for 23 months, all west coast shuttle mission replaced with Shuttle-C launches
Deaths	Jerry Richardson, Commander Daniel Smith, Pilot Joe Engle, Mission specialist Steven Manawa, Mission specialist Louis M. Galt, Mission specialist Rachel Ames, Mission specialist Evelyn Stevens, Payload specialist
Inquiries	Ride Comission

Skylab
Station statistics
Skylab as photographed by (Skylab 4).
Skylab program insignia
Call sign	Skylab
Crew	3 per mission (initially) 5-7 per mission (Space shuttle) (41 total)
Launch	May 14, 1973 17:30:00 UTC (51 years ago)
Carrier rocket	Modified Saturn V
Launch pad	Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
Reentry	August 12, 1987 16:37:00 UTC
Mission status	Deorbited
Mass	168,750 pounds (76,540 kg)^[4] w/o Apollo CSM or Space Shuttle Orbiter
Length	103.4 feet (31.5 m) w/o Apollo CSM or Space Shuttle Orbiter
Width	55.8 feet (17.0 m) w/ one solar panel
Height	43.3 feet (13.2 m) w/ power tower
Diameter	21.67 feet (6.61 m) /OWS
Pressurised volume	13,416 cubic feet (379.9 m³)
Atmospheric pressure	5.0 pounds per square inch (34 kPa) Oxygen 74%, nitrogen 26%^[5]
Perigee altitude	269.7 miles (434.0 km)
Apogee altitude	274.6 miles (441.9 km)
Orbital inclination	50.0°
Orbital period	93.4 minutes
Orbits per day	15.4
Days in orbit	5231 days (6.6 years)
Days occupied	1015 days
No. of orbits	76,981
Distance travelled	~890,000,000 mi (1,400,000,000 km)
Statistics as of Re-entry August 12, 1987
Configuration
Skylab configuration as planned

United States space program
Part of a series on the

NASA U.S. Space Force
Human spaceflight programs Mercury Gemini Apollo Skylab Space Shuttle Shuttle–Mir International Space Station Commercial Crew Constellation Artemis Lunar Gateway
Robotic spaceflight programs CRS Explorers GLS Large Strategic Lunar Orbiter Lunar Precursor Mariner Mars Exploration New Millennium Pioneer Planetary Missions Discovery New Frontiers Solar System Exploration Planetary Observer Ranger Surveyor Vanguard Viking Voyager X-37
NASA Astronaut Corps Mercury Gemini Apollo Space Shuttle
Spaceports Eastern Range Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Kennedy Space Center Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska Western Range Vandenberg Space Force Base
Space launch vehicles Alpha Antares Atlas V Delta IV Heavy Electron Falcon 9 Full Thrust Falcon Heavy LauncherOne Minotaur I III IV V C New Glenn New Shepard Pegasus Space Launch System Starship Vulcan Centaur
National security space United States Space Force National Reconnaissance Office United States Space Command
Civil space Department of Energy national laboratories Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service Office of Space Commerce Space Weather Prediction Center Department of State Office of Space Affairs Office of Science and Technology Policy
Commercial space industry Astra Ball Aerospace Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Boeing Firefly Aerospace Lockheed Martin Raytheon Rocket Lab Northrop Grumman Sierra Nevada Corporation SpaceX SSL United Launch Alliance Virgin Galactic Virgin Orbit
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^ US Centennial of Flight Commission, NACA. Archived February 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. centennialofflight.net. Retrieved on November 3, 2011.

^ "Workforce Profile". NASA. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.

^ "NASA's FY 2023 Budget". The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

^ "EP-107 Skylab: A Guidebook". NASA. Retrieved February 28, 2017.

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^ Belew (1977), p. 18

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