Skylab II
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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]
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).
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Station statistics | |
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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 |
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