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What was Skylab's main workshop built from?

A leftover Saturn V third stage, outfitted on the ground.

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  1. A used space shuttle orbiter
  2. A Saturn V rocket's third stage ✔
  3. Two Gemini capsules joined together

Why: NASA turned the third stage of a Saturn V rocket into a home. It was fitted out on the ground and launched 'dry,' with no fuel inside.

Huh, didn't know that: Crews visited Skylab and returned to Earth in Apollo spacecraft.

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What did the rocket stage say when it became Skylab? I finally found my true calling, a stay-at-home job.
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Answer: A Saturn V rocket's third stage. NASA turned the third stage of a Saturn V rocket into a home. It was fitted out on the ground and launched 'dry,' with no fuel inside.

  1. NASA, Skylab www.nasa.gov/skylab
    a 'dry' third stage of the Saturn V rocket
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. NASA, Skylab www.nasa.gov/skylab
    Crews visited Skylab and returned to Earth in Apollo spacecraft.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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