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    Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3) was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station. The mission...
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    1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Skylab was constructed from a repurposed Saturn V third stage...
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    Skylab 3 (also SL-3 and SLM-2) was the second crewed mission to the first American space station, Skylab. The mission began on July 28, 1973, with the...
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    Skylab 2 (also SL-2 and SLM-1) was the first crewed mission to Skylab, the first American orbital space station. The mission was launched on an Apollo...
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    missions in support of both Skylab 3 and Skylab 4. However, no rescue mission ever proved necessary. All astronauts visiting Skylab returned safely to Earth...
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    Skylab B was a proposed second US space station similar to Skylab that was planned to be launched by NASA for different purposes, mostly involving the...
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    Edward Gibson (category Skylab program astronauts)
    the development of the Skylab space station. In 1973–74, Gibson made his only flight into space as science pilot aboard Skylab 4, the third and final crewed...
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    William Pogue (category Skylab program astronauts)
    NASA in 1966. His NASA career included one orbital mission as pilot of Skylab 4, whose crew conducted dozens of in-orbit research experiments and set a...
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    Gerald Carr (astronaut) (category Skylab program astronauts)
    aviator, and NASA astronaut. He was commander of Skylab 4, the third and final crewed visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop, from November 16, 1973, to February...
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    the proposal due to insufficient preparation time. Skylab 4 – the third crewed mission to the Skylab space station – was scheduled favorably for the passage...
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    Don Lind (category Skylab program astronauts)
    missions. Lind was then assigned as backup pilot for Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 and would have flown on Skylab Rescue. Lind was the payload commander on his only...
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  • Skylab is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language period comedy drama film written and directed by debutant Vishvak Khanderao. Produced by Byte Features in association...
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  • STS-109 Scott Carpenter (1925–2013) — Mercury 7 Gerald Carr (1932–2020) — Skylab 4 Sonny Carter, M.D. (1947–1991) — STS-33 John Casper — STS-36, STS-54, STS-62...
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    the Low Earth Orbit missions (Apollo 1 (planned), Apollo 7, Skylab 2, Skylab 3, Skylab 4, and Apollo–Soyuz) could not handle the 66,900-pound (30,300 kg)...
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    Gerald P. Carr – Commander of Skylab 4 Edward G. Gibson – Science Pilot of Skylab 4 William R. Pogue – Pilot of Skylab 4 Vance D. Brand – Command Module...
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    Retrieved 2017-01-05. "The Most Extreme Human Spaceflight Records". Space.com. Retrieved 2017-01-05. List of spaceflight records Manned Venus flyby Skylab 4...
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  • Searching for Skylab - America's Forgotten Triumph is a 2019 documentary about the 1970s American space station Skylab. It was written by Carl Alessi and...
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  • Skylab Four may refer to: Skylab 4 (SL-4), the fourth Skylab mission Skylab 5 (SLM-4), the fourth crewed Skylab mission Skylab IV, a 2003 album by Rogério...
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    serial number 212, was converted into the hull for Skylab, the first American space station. Skylab was launched on a Saturn V on May 14, 1973, and it...
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    Module. The same system was later used for the Skylab 2, Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 CSMs to dock with the Skylab space station, and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project...
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    (2002) Scott Carpenter (1925–2013) — Mercury 7 (1962) Gerald P. Carr — Skylab 4 (1973) Sonny Carter (1947–1991) — STS-33 (1989) John Casper — STS-36 (1990)...
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    Garriott – Skylab 3, STS-9 Charles Gemar – STS-38, STS-48, STS-62 Michael Gernhardt – STS-69, STS-83, STS-94, STS-104 Edward Gibson – Skylab 4 Robert Gibson...
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    4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-11-01. "Saturn I". NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center, Skylab Saturn IB Flight Manual (MSFC-MAN-206), 30 September 1972 Skylab Saturn...
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    comet before STS-51-D. All three astronauts on Skylab 3 suffered from nausea, although the three on Skylab 2 had not; the illness affected their work during...
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    to fly in space in 1973. HP-35 calculators were carried on the Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 flights, between July 1973 and February 1974. Is the first pocket...
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    splashdown method of landing was used for Mercury, Gemini and Apollo (including Skylab, which used Apollo capsules). Soyuz 23 unintentionally landed on a freezing...
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  • The Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test, or SMEAT, was a 56-day simulation of an American Skylab space mission from 26 July-19 September 1972 at NASA's...
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    the 84-day mark set by an Apollo capsule on the final flight to the Skylab (Skylab-4) space station on 8 February 1974. The first operational mission in...
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    the first crew to perform critical in-flight repairs of the Skylab station. After Skylab, he served for a time as Director of User Affairs in NASA's Office...
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  • after completion of Skylab 2, work was begun on a treadmill for Skylab 4. As mission preparation progressed, the launch weight of Skylab 4 escalated so much...
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