Skylab, Esperance Museum, Esperance, Western Australia, Australia - Space Flight Memorials and Exhibits on Waymarking.com

This museum run by local volunteers has the remains of Skylab which returned to earth in a uncontrolled landing.

Skylab's demise in 1979 was an international media event. July 11, 1979.[7] The station did not burn up as fast as NASA expected. Debris landed about 300 miles (480 km) east of Perth, Western Australia due to a four-percent calculation error, and was found between Esperance, Western Australia and Rawlinna, from 31° to 34° S and 122° to 126° E, about 130–150 km (81–93 miles) radius around Balladonia, Western Australia. Residents and an airline pilot saw dozens of colorful flares as large pieces broke up in the atmosphere;[9] the debris landed in an almost unpopulated area, but the sightings still caused NASA to fear human injury or property damage.

The Shire of Esperance light-heartedly fined NASA A$400 for littering.[148] (The fine was written off three months later, but was eventually paid on behalf of NASA in April 2009, after Scott Barley of Highway Radio raised the funds from his morning show listeners.

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Hours: Thursday to Sunday 1:30pm - 4:30pm Fee (if no fee, enter 'none'): 9 How Long a Hike: Parking outisdde Amount of time an average person would spend here: Up to 2 hours Accessible?: no Location is wheelchair accessible?: Yes

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