The United States launched the orbital workstation "Skylab" on May 14, 1973. It weighed , was long by in diameter, and had a habitable volume of . "Skylab" was damaged during the ascent to orbit, losing one of its solar panels and a meteoroid thermal shield. Subsequent crewed missions repaired the station, and the final mission's crew, Skylab 4, set a human endurance record with 84 days in orbit when the mission ended on February 8, 1974. "Skylab" stayed in orbit another five years before reentering the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia on July 11, 1979.