Skylab 3
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Skylab 3 was the second crewed mission to the first American space station, Skylab. The mission began on July 28, 1973, with the launch of NASA astronauts Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma in the Apollo command and service module on the Saturn IB rocket, and lasted 59 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes. A total of 1,084.7 astronaut-utilization hours were tallied by the Skylab 3 crew performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources, and other experiments.
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Skylab2-Patch
Skylab 3 Saturn 1B space vehicle during prelaunch preparations
Arabella, one of the two Skylab 3 common cross spiders "Araneus diadematus"
Skylab 3 preflight breakfast
Skylab 3 rollout
Skylab 3 suiting up
Bean, left, Garriott, and Lousma arrive at Patrick AFB
The Astronauts of Skylab 3 - GPN-2002-000066
Owen K. Garriott
S72-46699 (19 Jan. 1972) --- Prime crew members of the scheduled second Skylab mission are introduced to the media during a press conference in January 1972 at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). From left to right are astronauts Jack R.| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| incident | incident | [[1]] | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Retro Space HD page@ | Skylab 3 - Second Crewed Mission - Historical Footage & Narration | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Skylab2-Patch | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Skylab 3 Saturn 1B space vehicle during prelaunch preparations | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Arabella, one of the two Skylab 3 common cross spiders "Araneus diadematus" | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Skylab 3 preflight breakfast | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Skylab 3 rollout | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Skylab 3 suiting up | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bean, left, Garriott, and Lousma arrive at Patrick AFB | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Astronauts of Skylab 3 - GPN-2002-000066 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Owen K. Garriott | Commons | ||
| commons | image | S72-46699 (19 Jan. 1972) --- Prime crew members of the scheduled second Skylab mission are introduced to the media during a press conference in January 1972 at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). From left to right are astronauts Jack R. | Commons | ||
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