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Skye Bridge
The Skye Bridge, also called the Skye Road Bridge, is a road bridge opened in 1995 that carries the A87 from Kyle of Lochalsh to the Isle of Skye, toll-free since 2004.
Skye McCole Bartusiak
Skye McCole Bartusiak (1992-2014), American child actress from Houston, played Susan Martin in The Patriot and Megan Matheson in 24; died at 21, ruled accidental overdose.
Skye Newman
Skye Newman, South East London R&B/soulful pop singer-songwriter signed to Columbia (Sony). Debut singles Hairdresser (No. 15) and Family Matters (No. 5); SE9 Part 1 (2025) and Part 2 (2026); BBC Sound of 2026 winner.
Skye P. Marshall
Skye P. Marshall (also Skye Marshall), American actress born 1981 in Chicago, Air Force veteran and Northeastern Illinois University graduate; stars as attorney Olympia Lawrence on CBS's Matlock (2024) opposite Kathy Bates, with roles in Good Sam, Black Lightning, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Skye Perryman
Skye Perryman is an American lawyer and President of Democracy Forward. She was named to TIME's 2025 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Skye Terrier
Skye Terrier, a rare Scottish working terrier from the Isle of Skye, oldest Scottish terrier breed, long low double-coated body twice as long as tall, favored by Queen Victoria, Greyfriars Bobby, now a Kennel Club Vulnerable Native Breed with under 4,000 worldwide.
Skyfall
Skyfall (2012) is the 23rd James Bond film, Daniel Craig's third as 007, directed by Sam Mendes. First digitally shot Bond film, Roger Deakins cinematography, Judi Dench's M, Javier Bardem's Silva; Metascore 81, two Oscars, Britain's highest-grossing film at the time.
SkyFall (helicopter)
SkyFall is a NASA mission announced in 2026 that will send three Mars helicopters evolved from Ingenuity to map subsurface water ice and scout future landing sites.
Skyfall (song)
"Skyfall" is the 2012 James Bond theme song, written by Adele and Paul Epworth and performed by Adele, the first Bond theme to win an Academy Award.
Skyflash
Skyflash, also known as the Rb 71 in Sweden, was a British medium-range semi-active radar-homing air-to-air missile developed from the AIM-7 Sparrow and flown on the Phantom and Tornado F.3.
Skyforge
Skyforge: free-to-play sci-fi/fantasy action MMORPG by Allods Team and Obsidian Entertainment, open beta July 16, 2015 on Aelion; Prestige-based progression, Ascension Atlas, multi-class system; servers closed September 3 (PC) and October 29, 2025 (console).
Skyguide
Skyguide is the Swiss air navigation service provider, almost entirely owned by the Swiss Confederation, managing civil and military air traffic over Switzerland from control centers in Geneva and Zurich.
Skyhooks (band)
Skyhooks were an Australian glam rock band formed in Melbourne in 1973, led by songwriter Greg Macainsh and singer Shirley Strachan. Their 1974 debut Living in the 70's topped the Australian chart for 16 weeks despite a radio ban on six tracks.
Skyknight Capital
SkyKnight Capital is a Burlingame, California-based private equity firm founded in 2015 by Matt Ebbel, a former New Mountain Capital managing director, investing in healthcare, financial services, and tech-enabled services.
Skylab
Skylab was the first United States space station, a laboratory built from a Saturn V stage that hosted three crews in 1973 and 1974 and reentered in 1979.
Skylab 2
Skylab 2 was the first crewed mission to the Skylab space station, launched in May 1973, whose crew repaired the damaged station during a 28-day flight.
Skylab 3
Skylab 3 was the second crewed mission to Skylab, the first United States space station, launched July 28, 1973 with astronauts Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma aboard.
Skylab 4
Skylab 4 was the third and final crewed mission to Skylab, keeping astronauts Carr, Gibson, and Pogue in orbit for a record 84 days in 1973 and 1974.
Skylab B
Skylab B was the backup Skylab orbital workshop built for NASA, never flown and displayed at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum since 1976.
Skylake (microarchitecture)
Intel Skylake is a CPU microarchitecture built on the 14 nm process and the basis of the 6th generation Intel Core, launched in September 2015.
Skylanders
Skylanders is a toys-to-life video game franchise by Activision, developed principally by Toys for Bob, launched with Spyro's Adventure in 2011 and its Portal of Power reader.
Skylanders Academy
Skylanders Academy: Netflix animated action-comedy (2016-2018), first Activision Blizzard Studios production, based on the $3 billion toys-to-life Skylanders franchise; Spyro-led team, showrunner Eric Rogers, three seasons then cancelled.
Skylanders: Trap Team
Skylanders: Trap Team (2014), fourth Skylanders toys-to-life game by Toys for Bob and Activision; introduced the Traptanium Portal with speaker, letting players trap villains and play as them.
Skylar Astin
Skylar Astin (Skylar Astin Lipstein), American actor and singer born 1987 in New York; original Broadway Georg in Spring Awakening, Jesse in Pitch Perfect, lead of Ground Floor, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, and So Help Me Todd.
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Skylar Diggins-Smith, also listed as Skylar Diggins, is an American WNBA guard (born 1990, South Bend, Indiana) drafted third overall in 2013 by Tulsa; seven-time All-Star, 2014 Most Improved Player, 2024 AP Comeback Player of the Year, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist.
Skylar Grey
Skylar Grey (born Holly Brook Hafermann, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter from Mazomanie, Wisconsin who co-wrote "Love the Way You Lie" and sang hooks for Fort Minor, Dr. Dre, and Diddy.
Skylar Thompson
Skylar Thompson, Kansas State quarterback drafted 247th overall by Miami in 2022; three-season Dolphins backup who started a 2022 playoff game, later with Pittsburgh Steelers.
Skylar Tibbits
Skylar Tibbits is an American designer and computer scientist who founded MIT's Self-Assembly Lab and coined the term 4D printing in 2013 for 3D-printed objects that transform themselves over time.
Skylark (rocket)
Skylark was a British solid-fuel sounding rocket developed by the Royal Aircraft Establishment between 1954 and 1956, first flown at Woomera in 1957 and retired in 2005 after 441 launches.
Skyleader
Skyleader is a Czech brand of two-seat ultralight and light-sport aircraft, also known as Jihlavan Airplanes, built in Jihlava, Czech Republic, with over 400 sold worldwide.