Home›Articles›How Skylab was damaged at launch and saved in orbitArticleHow Skylab was damaged at launch and saved in orbitArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnSkylab, Missions and Programs Well-attested SourcesSkylab (Wikipedia)Skylab, Operations sectionQuote, Skylab, Operations sectionThe station was damaged during launch when the micrometeoroid shield tore away from the workshop, taking one of the main solar panel arrays with it and jamming the other main array. This deprived Skylab of most of its electrical power and also removed protection from intense solar heating, threatening to make it unusable. The first crew deployed a replacement heat shade and freed the jammed solar panels to save Skylab.View the SourceAtlas Article VocabularyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.