On July 22, 1969, only two days after the first successful lunar landing, the Skylab space station project began. Nearly four years later, Skylab was launched on May 14, 1973 and became the first American space station to reach orbit. However, there were multiple issues that arose putting the mission in jeopardy. Once in orbit the second Skylab solar panel failed to fully deploy. Skylab was critically under-powered and was at risk of becoming uninhabitable. Plans to rescue the already in-orbit space station began. Saving Skylab: America's First Space Station is a short documentary telling the story of how an electric lineman's tool manufacturer in Centralia, Missouri helped save the first American space station from catastrophe.