Skylab 3

Skylab 3 or SL-3 was the second manned mission to Skylab. The Skylab 3 mission started July 28, 1973, with the launch of three astronauts 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 Skylab 3 astronauts performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources and other experiments.

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Alan Bean (flew on Apollo 12 & Skylab 3), commander
Jack Lousma (flew on Skylab 3 & STS-3), pilot
Owen Garriott (flew on Skylab 3 & STS-9), science pilot

Backup Crew

Support Crew

Skylab 3: Crew ►

Skylab: :Skylab is also the name of a research station at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica....

July 28: July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining....

1973: 1973 was a common year starting on Monday....

~ Table of Content ~

►	Introduction
►	Crew
►	Mission Parameters
►	Mission Highlights
►	Reference

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