Oct 30 1977
From The Space Library
The Washington Post reported that NASA would try to save the Skylab space station "which is moving closer to earth and may fall in bits and pieces over the next few years." The Space Shuttle would launch a "remote-controlled rocket" to Skylab to push the station to a new orbit, where it would be available for future astronaut visits.
The 118ft Skylab launched in 1973 had been circling the globe every 1.5hr at a 200mi altitude. It had been home for three 3-man crews for as long as 12wk at a time; its last 84-day manned mission in 1974 was still the world's endurance record for time in space. (W Post, Oct 30/77, A-10)
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