Skylab 2

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:00:00

Friday May 25, 1973

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Skylab 2

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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

Rocket

Retired
Saturn IB

Active 1966 to 1975

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo

Agency

NASA

Rocket

Height: 43.2m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,100 Kilonewtons

Stages

2

Launch Site

LC-39B

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

28 days 11 hours

Stats

Saturn IB


6th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1973

1973


35th

Orbital launch attempt