Next came the missing solar panel. When it was ripped off during launch, debris, wiring, tubing and metal straps became stuck against the opposite solar wing, still flush against Skylab's body.

The first crewed Skylab mission arrived 12 days later with a new replacement heat shade, and they were able to fix the jammed solar panel and get the station up and running. Space.com ...

The ATM contained telescopes for solar observations and four solar arrays for additional power. Once in orbit, the station weighed 170,000 lbs. Photos: Skylab, the 1st U.S. space station ...

A revival of U.S. solar panel manufacturing that began during the first Trump administration could end with the phasing out ...

But the station’s actual power levels averaged a measly 25 watts. ... Part of the heat shield’s debris wrapped itself around the Skylab’s No. 2 solar array and damaged the No. 1 array’s ...

While shut down for a four-year nap, Skylab's orbit had decayed, and a surprisingly active solar cycle in 1977 had warmed up Earth's atmosphere, expanding it and rendering it denser than expected.

NASA launched Skylab, America’s first space station, into space 50 years ago in May 1973, and it would make space history in ways its builders wanted and ways they would have gladly missed ...

State-owned firm Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has launched a solar-plus-storage tender seeking 1.2GW of solar PV. Solar and wind set new generation record in Australia’s NEM June 25 ...