Space Rocket History #405 – Skylab – What Went Wrong and How Do We

Space Rocket History #405 – Skylab – What Went Wrong and How Do We Fix It?

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Nasa concluded that the failure of the micrometeoroid shield 63 seconds into the flight caused the breaking of the solar array system. Furthermore, at 593 seconds into the flight the second stage retro rocket plume exhaust resulted in the ripping … Continue reading →

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