Sixteen-year-old Jesse relates the experiences of the Sky-Lab Seven crew as they become the sole survivors of the dying planet Earth only to have their plans to colonize Mars irreversibly shattered.
Follows the progress of the Skylab project from the preliminary planning and construction of the laboratory through the experiments, launches, and experiences of the nine astronauts living and working in earth orbit.
Describes the experiences and accomplishments of the astronaut crews that participated in the three separate and increasingly longer missions living and working in the Skylab space station.