Skylab: America’s First Space Station.

This punchy 4" commemorative patch celebrates Skylab, the United States’ first orbiting space station — a pioneering outpost built from Apollo‑era hardware and launched atop the mighty Saturn V. Across three missions, astronauts lived and worked aboard Skylab for 28, 59, and 84 days, proving humans could thrive on long‑duration spaceflights and perform complex in‑orbit repairs far beyond the capability of machines.

Skylab covered 70.5 million miles, completed 2,476 manned orbits, and ultimately 24,181 total orbits before re‑entering Earth’s atmosphere in 1979. It was the largest habitable structure ever placed in orbit at the time and laid the foundation for every permanent space station that followed — from Shuttle‑era missions to the ISS and beyond.

A must‑have emblem for collectors who celebrate the moment America became a true spacefaring nation.

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