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Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3 [2]) was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station.. The mission began on November 16, 1973, with the launch of Gerald P. Carr, Edward Gibson, and William R. Pogue in an Apollo command and service module on a Saturn IB rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, [3] and lasted 84 days, one hour ...
Skylab 4 EVA 2: Gerald Carr William Pogue: 25 December 1973 16:00 25 December 1973 23:01 7 h 01 min Carr and Pogue used the extreme ultraviolet electronographic camera and the coronagraph contamination camera to photograph Comet Kohoutek. They also replaced the film in the solar observatory. [49] 39. Skylab 4 EVA 3: Gerald Carr Edward Gibson ...
Skylab in February 1974, as Skylab 4 departs. After a boost of 6.8 miles (10.9 km) by Skylab 4's Apollo CSM before its departure in 1974, Skylab was left in a parking orbit of 269 miles (433 km) by 283 miles (455 km) [109] that was expected to last until at least the early 1980s, based on estimates of the 11-year sunspot cycle that began in 1976.
Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks 26 May 00:40 40 minutes: 01:20 CM-116 SLM-1: Paul J. Weitz: Using a 10-foot (3.0 m) long tool, Weitz stood in the open hatch of the Command Module (as Joe Kerwin held onto his legs) and tried to remove a strap preventing the release of a solar panel on Skylab. [3] 7 June 15:15 3 hours 25 ...
A surplus S-IVB tank, serial number 212, was converted into the hull for Skylab, the first American space station. Skylab was launched on a Saturn V on May 14, 1973, and it eventually reentered the atmosphere on July 11, 1979. A second S-IVB, serial number 515, was also converted into a backup Skylab, but this one never flew.
Pogue (left) and Gerald Carr disposing of trash bags aboard the Skylab 4. Pogue was the pilot of Skylab 4, the third and final crewed visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop, from November 16, 1973, to February 8, 1974. [26] At 84 days, 1 hour and 15 minutes, it was the longest crewed flight to that date.
Then on September 2, 1970, NASA announced it was canceling the H4 and J4 missions after more budget cuts. Skylab was postponed to 1973, and the final landing schedule became: Apollo 14 (H2) Fra Mauro Formation, February 1971; Apollo 15 (J1) Hadley–Apennine, July 1971; Apollo 16 (J2) Descartes Highlands, April 1972
Skylab Four may refer to: Skylab 4 (SL-4), the fourth Skylab mission; Skylab 5 (SLM-4), the fourth crewed Skylab mission; Skylab IV, a 2003 album by Rogério Skylab;