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Saving Skylab: America's First Space Station
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Saving Skylab: America's First Space Station

2020-04-18 · 29 min · Not rated

Documentary · History

How an electric lineman's tool manufacturer in Centralia, Missouri, helped save the first American space station from catastrophe.

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Wes Pellerin, Matt Alsup
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United States of America
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