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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.
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 was damaged during the ascent to orbit, losing one of its solar panels and a meteoroid thermal shield. Subsequent crewed missions repaired the station, and conducted valuable research. The third and final mission's crew, Skylab 4, set a human endurance record (at the time) with 84 days in orbit when the mission ended on February 8, 1974.
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.
The Skylab 4 crew won the AIAA Haley Astronautics Award in 1975 "For demonstrated outstanding courage and skill during their record-breaking 84-day Skylab mission". [33] He was one of 24 Apollo astronauts who were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997.
In fiscal year 2014, SAMHSA, which helps to fund drug treatment throughout the country, had a budget of roughly $3.4 billion dedicated to a broad range of behavioral health treatment services, programs and grants.
Skylab 4: 20,847 Block II CSM ferried third crew to Skylab orbital workshop SA-209: Kennedy, LC-39B: AS-209: Standby Skylab 4 and later Apollo-Soyuz rescue CSM-119. Not needed, currently on display in the KSC rocket garden: Skylab 5: Planned CSM mission to lift Skylab workshop's orbit to endure until Space Shuttle ready to fly; cancelled. SA ...