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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:10:50
Saturday July 28, 1973
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Official Livestream
Skylab 3 (also SL-3 and SLM-2[2]) was the second crewed mission to the first American space station, Skylab. The mission began July 28, 1973, with the launch of three astronauts on the Saturn IB rocket, and lasted 59 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes. A total of 1,084.7 astronaut-utilization hours were tallied by the Skylab 3 crew performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources, and other experiments.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
20,121 kilograms
7th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1973
56th
Orbital launch attempt