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Please go to this site and help to save another piece of space history.<br />http://saveskylab.org/<br /><br />In 1968 NASA ordered two identical flight qualified space stations (Skylab) built along with 3 full<br />scale training mockups. One flight version, the 1st US Space Station was flown in 1973 and<br />orbited the Earth until 1979; the second flight element is now on display at the National Air and<br />Space Museum. One full scale mockup, used by astronauts and engineers at MSFC during the<br />3 crewed Skylab missions (73-74) was on display for many years at the US Space and Rocket<br />Center located in Huntsville Alabama. Several years ago the Skylab exhibit was moved<br />outside. The original temporary weather coverings have failed and Skylab has suffered the<br />effects of rain, sun, wind, plants, dust/dirt, mold, animals and vandals. Right now the Skylab<br />artifact is nearing a point of no return.<br />