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Skylab 4
Saturn IB · Human Exploration
1973Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Mission
Skylab 4 (also known as SL-4 or SLM-3) was the third and the last crewed mission to the first US orbital space station Skylab. The mission began on November 16, 1973, 14:01:23 UTC with the launch of a three-person crew. Crew members were the Commander Gerald P. Carr, Science Pilot Edward G. Gibson and William R. Pogue. During their 83-day stay on the station, crew performed Earth and solar observations. The mission ended successfully with the splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on February 8, 1974, 15:16:53 UTC.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NASA
- Rocket
- Saturn IB
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2