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Saturn IB | Skylab 2

May 25, 1973 at 1:00 PM UTC

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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May 25, 1973 at 1:00 PM UTC

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Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA · 28.6271, -80.6210

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Saturn IB
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Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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May 25, 1973 at 1:00 PM UTC
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May 25, 1973 at 1:00 PM UTC
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Mission description

Skylab 2 (also known as SL-2 or SLM-1) was the first crewed mission to the first US orbital space station Skylab. The mission began on May 25, 1973, 13:00:00 UTC with the launch of a three-person crew. Crew members were the Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., Science Pilot Joseph P. Kerwin and Pilot Paul J. Weitz. During their 26-day stay on the station, crew performed station repairs and conducted scientific, medical experiments, gathered solar and Earth science data. The mission ended successfully with the splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on June 22, 1973, 13:49:48 UTC.

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Saturn IB

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Height

43.2 m

Diameter

6.61 m

LEO capacity

21,000 kg

Successful launches

9

Launch complex

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

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