What Happened On This Day, May 14th?

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]On May 14th, 1973, humans launched something massive into space.

[00:00:06]Do you know what it was?

[00:00:08]It wasn't the International Space Station.

[00:00:11]It became America's very first space station.

[00:00:15]Most people think space [music] stations started much later.

[00:00:19]It was launched by NASA in the 1970s, and astronauts actually lived inside it while orbiting Earth.

[00:00:27]Comment the station's name below. Bonus points if you know how long it stayed in space.