Teleoperator Retrieval System

Diagram of the Teleoperator Retrieval System planned to be deployed on the Space Shuttle mission to Skylab.
Illustration of TRS docked to Skylab with a Shuttle orbiter nearby
The NASA Space Shuttle makes it to the launchpad in 1980, too late for a Skylab boost

The Teleoperator Retrieval System was an uncrewed space tug ordered by NASA in the late 1970s to re-boost Skylab using the Space Shuttle.[1]

  1. ^ New Scientist. Reed Business Information. 1978-05-11.