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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 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.
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 ...
The Gemini, [40] Apollo, [41] and the first Skylab missions were all launched while the area was named Cape Kennedy. [42] The first crewed launch under the restored name of Cape Canaveral was Skylab 4, the final Skylab mission, on 16 November 1973. [43] [44]
The longest crewed mission of the program was Skylab 4 which lasted 84 days, from November 16, 1973, to February 8, 1974. [66] The total mission duration was 2249 days, with Skylab finally falling from orbit over Australia on July 11, 1979.
Skylab SLM-1 Pete Conrad Joseph P. Kerwin: Used long-handled cable cutters to remove debris that prevented the solar array system from deploying and then forced the solar array system to deploy, providing the Skylab with electrical power needed to operate. 19 June 10:55 1 hour 36 minutes 12:31 Skylab SLM-1 Pete Conrad Paul J. Weitz
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.
Skylab 4 is the third and last of three scheduled manned Skylab missions. Aboard the Skylab 4 Command/Service Module were astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson and William R. Pogue. In addition to the CSM and its launch escape system, the Skylab 4 space vehicle consisted of the Saturn 1B first (S-1B) stage and the Saturn 1B second (S-IVB ...