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| Skylab 1 | May 14, 1973 (17:30 GMT) |
July 11, 1979 | Skylab space station (Apollo Orbital Workshop) |
USA | Perigee: 434 km Apogee: 437 km Inclination: 50° |
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| Launch Vehicle Saturn V #AS-513 |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
Time 2,248 days |
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| Skylab 2 (CSM-116) |
May 25, 1973 (13:00 GMT) |
June 22, 1973 (13:50 GMT) |
Commander: Charles Conrad (4th Flight) (NASA Group 2) |
USA | M | Perigee: 428 km Apogee: 438 km Inclination: 50° 404 orbits 3 spacewalks |
| Pilot: Paul Weitz (1st Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | ||||
| Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
1320 km SW of San Diego Pacific Ocean |
Scientist: Joseph Kerwin (1st Flight) (NASA Group 4) |
USA | M | ||
| Docked with Skylab May 25, 1973 (21:56 GMT) |
Undocked from Skylab June 22, 1973 (08:55 GMT?) |
Backup Crew: Russell Schweickart | USA | M | Time 28 days 0 hours 50 minutes |
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| Backup Crew: Bruce McCandless | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Story Musgrave | USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn IB #AS-206 |
Undocked from Skylab for spacewalk 1 May 25, 1973 (22:45 GMT) |
Redocked with Skylab following spacewalk 1 May 26, 1973 (03:50 GMT) |
Support Crew: Robert Crippen | USA | M | |
| Support Crew: Richard Truly | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: Henry Hartsfield | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: William Thornton | USA | M | ||||
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| Skylab 3 (CSM-117) |
July 28, 1973 (11:10 GMT) |
September 25, 1973 (22:20 GMT) |
Commander: Alan Bean (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | Perigee: 423 km Apogee: 441 km Inclination: 50° 858 orbits 3 spacewalks |
| Pilot: Jack Lousma (1st Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | ||||
| Scientist: Owen Garriott (1st Flight) (NASA Group 4) |
USA | M | ||||
| Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
370 km W of San Diego Pacific Ocean |
Backup Crew: Vance Brand | USA | M | Time 59 days 11 hours 9 minutes |
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| Backup Crew: Donald Lind | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: William Lenoir | USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn IB #AS-207 |
Docked with Skylab July 28, 1973 (19:37 GMT) |
Undocked from Skylab September 25, 1973 (19:43 GMT?) |
Support Crew: Robert Crippen | USA | M | |
| Support Crew: Richard Truly | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: Henry Hartsfield | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: William Thornton | USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz 12 (7K-T #36) |
September 27, 1973 (12:18 GMT) |
September 29, 1973 (11:33 GMT) |
Commander: Vasili Lazarev (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 3) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 193 km Apogee: 248.6 Inclination: 51.61° 31 orbits |
| Flight Engineer: Oleg Makarov (1st Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz |
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
400 km SW of Karaganda (47° 42' N, 69° 0' E) |
1st Backup Crew: Aleksei Gubarev | USSR | M | Time 1 day 23 hours 15 minutes |
| 1st Backup Crew: Georgi Grechko | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Pyotr Klimuk | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Vitali Sevastiyanov | USSR | M | ||||
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| Skylab 4 (CSM-118) |
November 16, 1973 (14:01 GMT) |
February 8, 1974 (15:16 GMT) |
Commander: Gerald Carr (1st Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | Perigee: 422 km Apogee: 437 km Inclination: 50° 1,214 orbits 4 spacewalks |
| Pilot: William Pogue (1st Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | ||||
| Scientist: Edward Gibson (1st Flight) (NASA Group 4) |
USA | M | ||||
| Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
289 km SW of San Diego Pacific Ocean |
Backup Crew: Vance Brand | USA | M | Time 84 days 1 hour 15 minutes |
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| Backup Crew: Donald Lind | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: William Lenoir | USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn IB #AS-208 |
Docked with Skylab November 16, 1973 (21:55 GMT?) |
Undocked from Skylab February 8, 1974 (10:28 GMT) |
Support Crew: Robert Crippen | USA | M | |
| Support Crew: Richard Truly | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: Henry Hartsfield | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: William Thornton | USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz 13 (7K-T(AF) #33A) |
December 18, 1973 (11:55 GMT) |
December 26, 1973 (08:50 GMT) |
Commander: Pyotr Klimuk (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 3) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 193.3 km Apogee: 272.7 Inclination: 51.6° 127 orbits |
| Flight Engineer: Valentin Lebedev (1st Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 2) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz |
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
200 km SW of Karaganda (49° N, 71° E) |
1st Backup Crew: Lev Vorobiyov | USSR | M | Time 7 days 20 hours 55 minutes |
| 1st Backup Crew: Valeri Yazdovsky | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Vladimir Kovalyonok | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Yuri Ponomaryov | USSR | M | ||||
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