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To: mym

First flew in 1988? I thought for sure it flew before that and burned up over Australia.


7 posted on 11/28/2005 11:26:11 AM PST by CodeToad
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To: CodeToad
First flew in 1988? I thought for sure it flew before that and burned up over Australia.

The spacecraft that burned up over Australia was Skylab.

Skylab was launched on 14 May 1973. It fell from orbit on 11 July 1979.

25 posted on 11/28/2005 11:58:54 AM PST by KarlInOhio (We were promised someone in the Scalia/Thomas mold. Let's keep it going with future nominees.)
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