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The Sky at Night•Season 15•Episode 6

Orbiting Space-Stations

Jun 8, 1971

The Russian Soyuz flights and America's planned launching of a manned Skylab in 1973 are steps towards the establishment by the 1980s of permanent observatories outside earth's atmosphere. As well as making observations of the sun, a purpose of the first Skylab is to solve

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Season 15 Episodes13

The Approach of Mars

Things are Seldom What They Seem

Sirius, the Dog-Star

A Black Hole in Space?

Jupiter - the Other Magnetic Planet

Orbiting Space-Stations

Tracking the Stars

How Far Are the Stars?

Mars Comes Close

The Life and Death of a Star

Kepler, Genius and Mystic

Mars

The Royal Observatory Telescope

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Episode Summary

"Orbiting Space-Stations" is episode 6 of The Sky at Night season 15. It aired on June 8, 1971.

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