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Skylab in orbit above Earth at the end of its mission, 1974. The Skylab space station, first launched in May 1973, and was occupied in succession by three teams of three crewmembers. These crews orbited the Earth and performed nearly 300 experiments. The final mission started on 16 November 1973 and the crew was recovered on 8 February 1974 after 84 days in space.