Amaya Toman M'gawo lamasiku ano la mndandanda wathu wanthawi zonse wotchedwa Back to the Past, nthawi ino tikumbukira chochitika chokhudzana ndi kupezeka kwa mlengalenga. Uku ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Skylab, yomwe idalowa munjira pa Meyi 14, 1973. Sitima ya Skylab idayambika kunjira pogwiritsa ntchito roketi ya Saturn 5.
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Skylab Space Station Heads For Orbit (1973)
Pa May 14, 1973, Skylab One (Skylab 1) inanyamuka ku Cape Canaveral. Zinaphatikizapo kuyika siteshoni ya Skylab mozungulira ndi kusinthidwa kwa magawo awiri a chonyamulira cha Saturn 5 Pambuyo poyambitsa, siteshoniyi inayamba kukumana ndi mavuto ambiri, kuphatikizapo kutentha kwa mkati kapena kutsegulidwa kosakwanira kwa mapanelo a dzuwa, kotero kuti pulogalamu yamagetsi yamagetsi. Ulendo woyamba wopita ku Skylab unali wokhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kukonza zolakwikazo. Malo okwerera mumlengalenga a ku U.S. Skylab pomalizira pake anazungulira dziko lapansi kwa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi ndipo ankayendetsedwa ndi gulu la akatswiri a zakuthambo a ku America. M'zaka za 1973 - 1974, okwana atatu ogwira ntchito atatu adakhala pa Skylab, pamene kutalika kwawo kunali masiku 28, 59 ndi 84. Malo okwerera mlengalenga adapangidwa posintha gawo lachitatu la rocket ya S-IVB Saturn 5, kulemera kwake mu orbit kunali ma kilogalamu 86. Kutalika kwa siteshoni ya Skylab kunali mamita makumi atatu ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi, mkati mwake munapangidwa ndi nsanjika ziwiri zomwe zinkagwira ntchito ndi malo ogona a anthu ogwira ntchito.
