Shire of Esperance
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The Shire of Esperance is a local government area in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, about 400 kilometres south of the city of Kalgoorlie and about 720 kilometres east-southeast
Esperance Civic Centre, 2019
Skylab
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Skylab was the United States' first space station launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab
Shire of Esperance
…to Esperance that was completed in 1927 led to development of farming in the mallee country to the north of Esperance. On 11 July 1979, the American Skylab Space Station re-entered Earth's atmosphere headed for Western Australia and the Indian Ocean. It broke up during reentry and much of it landed in…
Skylab as photographed by its departing final crew (Skylab 4).
Skylab configuration as planned
Von Braun's sketch of a Space Station based on conversion of a Saturn V stage, 1964
The floor grating of Skylab under construction