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Illustration of the Skylab orbiting space station, surrounded by portraits of astronauts from the three manned missions to the station, 1974. Pictured are, top row, from left, Skylab 2 astronauts Charles ‘Pete’ Conrad Jr., Joseph Kerwin, Paul Weitz. bottom row, from left, Skylab 3 astronauts Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma, and Skylab 4 astronauts William Pogue, Edward Gibson, and Gerald Carr.Image Credits:NASA/Interim Archives / Getty Images
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Story of the week
If you ’re looking for a Starliner mission recap , you ’ll have to waitress a little longer , because the mission has formally been delayed . At this stage , we ’re looking at no earlier than May 17 for the launching . The foresighted delay is to secure launch provider United Launch Alliance can roll the rocket back to the Vertical Integration Facility hangar to replace a valve . ( Always those stinkin ’ valves ! )
Scoop of the week
Not quite a scoop this week , but Ididwrite an scoop on a five - month - quondam startup called Layup Parts , which has conclude a $ 9 million funding round led by Founders Fund . The company wants to impart automation to composite region fabrication , in the same agency that Protolabs and Xometry have transform CNC machining , for example .
What we’re reading
Instead of recommending something to read this week , I ’m going to advocate something to keep an eye on : this antic 30 - minute video from the great Everyday Astronaut . It takes a rich dive into the first Polaris Dawn commission and the fresh spacesuit the secret astronauts will be wearing , designed by SpaceX.
This week in space history
We all know ( and love life ) the International Space Station , but before there was the ISS there was a little orbiting platform known as Skylab . And 50 years ago , on May 14 , 1973 , Skylab nobble off on the last Saturn V rocket .
