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Saturday, July 11, 2015

What was SKYLAB? Fearful "space junk" of 1979 -- on this date in history

from NY TIMES dot-com:

ON THIS DAY


On July 11, 1979, the abandoned United States space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.

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