Skylab 3 (Apollo CSM-117 / SLM-2), the second crewed mission to Skylab with astronauts Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma. Saturn IB SA-207 from Kennedy LC-39B launched on 28 July 1973 for a then-record 59-day stay, deploying a permanent sunshade and conducting extensive science.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 14.2 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 7 Saturn IB flights
- Date and time
- 28 July 1973, 11:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Saturn IB
- Builder
- Chrysler / Douglas
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1973-050
- Launches in 1973
- 56th of 116
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