NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Skylab 2

Launch Time
Fri May 25, 1973 13:00 UTC

Rocket

Saturn IB
NASA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 7,100 kN
Payload to LEO: 21,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 43.2 m

Mission Details

Skylab 2

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 19,979.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

1973

35th orbital launch attempt

Saturn IB

6th mission
1st mission of 1973
6th successful mission