Architecture in motion: America's first space station

From: Humanities | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Dalvesco, Rebecca | Copyright information

WHEN SKYLAB WAS launched, it seemed another example of Manifest Destiny-- Americans charting the last unknown territory But only nine astronauts had the experience of being onboard the space station before it was abandoned. And space remains a vast and largely untried frontier.

Skylab has been described as a house, a classroom, a hotel, a test tube, and an apartment; it has also been referred to as non-- architecture. It was the first mission in space involving an extended stay in wha...

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