Proposed space station, successor to the original Skylab
This article is about the deep-space space station mission concept. For the second launch of the original Skylab program, see Skylab 2. For the backup Skylab space station, see Skylab B. For another deep-space space station proposed to NASA, see Deep Space Habitat. For other uses, see Skylab Two (disambiguation).
Skylab II
Artist's conception of the Orion spacecraft docking with a module of the proposed Skylab II.
Station statistics
Crew
4
Launch
after 2021
Carrier rocket
Space Launch System
Mission status
Proposed
Mass
37,300 kilograms (82,200 lb)[1]
Length
11.15 meters (36.6 ft)
Diameter
8.5 meters (28 ft)
Pressurised volume
495 cubic meters (17,500 cu ft)
Orbital inclination
5.145° to the ecliptic
Orbital period
27.321661 d (27 d 7 h 43.19 min 11.5 s)[2]
Configuration
Skylab II Habitat made from the SLS upper-stage hydrogen tank.
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Skylab II was a space station concept proposed in 2013 by the Advanced Concepts Office of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, to be located at the Earth-Moon L2 Lagrangian point.[3] Proposed by NASA contractor Brand Griffin, Skylab II would have been constructed as a "wet workshop" using a spent upper-stage hydrogen fuel tank from the Space Launch System (SLS), much as the Skylab was originally planned to be built "wet" from the spent bipropellant tanks of the Saturn S-IVB upper stage.[3] If constructed, Skylab II would have been the first crewed outpost located beyond the orbit of the Moon.[4]
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^Wall, Mike (April 2, 2013). "NASA Mega-Rocket Could Lead to Skylab 2 Deep Space Station". Space.com. TechMediaNetwork. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
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