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Apr. 17 Skylab Orbital Workshop: The Skylab Orbital Workshop is shown in the Vertical Assembly Building at theKennedy Space Centre, Fla, ready for inspectionbefore being mated with its Saturn V launch vehicle. The Orbital Workshop has a living and working area of 316.5 cubic metres and will be orbited during the Skylab 1 mission to form the nucleus of teh Skylab cluster which will carry out a borad spectrum of experimental investigationsand gain a better understanding of the requirements and gain a better understanding of the requirements for a permanent man-made platform in space. The workshop and associated equipment are now scheduled for insertion into a 435 kilometer (270 statute mile) circular orbit by a two-stage Saturn V inteh Skylab 1 missionscheduled for launch on April 30
