# Skylab - The First 40 Days

This video records the launch of unmanned Skylab-1 on May 14, 1973 and the major problems resulting from the loss of the meteoroid heat shield. Also shown is the fabrication of materials and the equipment used in the repair operation, followed by the installation of the parasol after the launch and docking of the crewed SL-2 with the SL-1 workshop. The onboard sequences of daily work routines and some of the experiments are included.

- Kind: Documentary
- Year: 1973
- Runtime: 22 min
- By: NASA
- Genres: Documentary, Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skylab_-_The_First_40_Days.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/157564380?play=1)