The remarkable story of Skylab's crash back to Earth (1979) | RetroFocus

In July 1979 ‪@NASA‬ assured the world their crippled space station would crash harmlessly into the ocean, instead residents of Western Australia woke up one morning to find space junk strewn across their state.

This is the story of Skylab's dramatic return to Earth as it unfolded across ABC television and radio broadcasts.

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