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Congress holding UFO hearing Tuesday morning at 9 AM EDT: Watch it live here!
Thanks silylene I did not know that!!silylene":297q70hr said:And Salyut 9 is still alive, as the Zvedza module of the ISS !
I'd never heard that either. thanks silyleneWoggles":27fil143 said:Thanks silylene I did not know that!!silylene":27fil143 said:And Salyut 9 is still alive, as the Zvedza module of the ISS !
Skylab wasn't really targeted -- it deorbited completely uncontrolled. Controllers had intended to deorbit it into the Pacific, but there had been delays in the Shuttle program (which was meant to attach a deorbit module to it) and the upper atmosphere was more active than normal, for reasons which are understood now but were not as well understood then. It fell long before Shuttle could have saved it or even aimed it, alas.SpaceTas":24r6odm8 said:You can see a mock-up of the Skylab and a large piece that landed in Western Australia at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville Alabama.
Skylab overshot it's target zone.
Mir was right on target