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Skylab Space
Station Program Begins |
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Unmanned launch of station hardware: May 14, 1973 at 1330 hours (1:30PM)EDT
Launch vehicle: Saturn V SA-513 (2 stages)
Orbital period of 93 minutes
Re-entered Earths atmosphere at 1237 hours (12:37PM) EDT on July 11, 1979. |
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May 25 -
June 22, 1973 |
Skylab 1.
Charles 'Pete' Conrad, Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz launch on
the first manned Skylab Flight. Although patches etc. call
this flight Skylab 1 it is also referred to as Skylab 2.
The first Skylab crew.
Launch: May 25, 1973 at 0900 hours
EDT.
Return: June 22, 1973 at 0949 hours
EDT
Launch vehicle: Saturn 1B (SA-206,
CSM-116)
Mission duration: 28 days and 49
minutes
Completed Orbits: 404 (covering
18,500,000 KM)
Backup Crew:
- Rusty Schweickart
- Story Musgrave
- Bruce McCandless
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July 28-
September 25, 1973 |
Skylab 2. Alan
L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma launch on the
second manned mission to Skylab. Also referred to as Skylab
3.
Skylab's second crew.
Launch: July 28, 1973 at 07:11 EDT
Return: September 25, 1973 at 18:19 EDT.
Launch vehicle: Saturn 1B (SA-207, CSM-117)
Mission Duration: 59 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes.
orbits: 858 (covering 39,400,000 KM)
Backup Crew:
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Vance
Brand
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William
Lenoir
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Don Lind
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November 16
- February 8, 1974 |
Skylab 3.
Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson and William R. Pogue launch
on the third manned mission to Skylab. Also referred to as
Skylab 4.
Skylab's third and final crew. The longest of all the Skylab missions.
Launch: November 16, 1973 at 09:01am EST.
Return: February 8, 1974 at 11:17am EDT
Launch vehicle: Saturn 1B (SA-208, CSM-118)
Mission Duration: 84 days, 1 hour, 14 minutes.
orbits: 1214 (covering 55,500,000 KM)
Backup Crew:
- Vance Brand
- William Lenoir
- Don Lind
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Apollo Soyuz
Test Project |