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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
13:00:00
Friday May 25, 1973
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Skylab 2 (also SL-2 and SLM-1) was the first crewed mission to Skylab, the first U.S. orbital space station. The mission was launched on a Saturn IB rocket and carried a three-person crew to the station. The name Skylab 2 also refers to the vehicle used for that mission. The Skylab 2 mission established a twenty-eight-day record for human spaceflight duration. Furthermore, its crew were the first space station occupants ever to return safely to Earth.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
19,979 kilograms
6th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1973
35th
Orbital launch attempt