Skylab II

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
Crew4
Launchafter 2021
Carrier rocketSpace Launch System
Mission statusProposed
Mass37,300 kilograms (82,200 lb)[1]
Length11.15 meters (36.6 ft)
Diameter8.5 meters (28 ft)
Pressurised volume495 cubic meters (17,500 cu ft)
Orbital inclination5.145° 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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  2. ^ Wieczorek, M.; et al. (2006). "The constitution and structure of the lunar interior". Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 60 (1): 221–364. Bibcode:2006RvMG...60..221W. doi:10.2138/rmg.2006.60.3.
  3. ^ a b Hammonds, Markus (April 14, 2013). "Skylab II: Living Beyond the Dark Side of the Moon". Discovery News. Discovery Communications LLC. Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Wall, Mike (April 2, 2013). "NASA Mega-Rocket Could Lead to Skylab 2 Deep Space Station". Space.com. TechMediaNetwork. Retrieved April 15, 2013.