Date of launch (ETR launch
complex):
July 28, 1973 (39B)
Mission designation:
Skylab 3
Spacecraft designation:
SM-117
CM-117
Launch vehicle designation
(class):
SA-207 (Saturn IB)
Spacecraft weight (kg):
20 124 (docked configuration, 87
597)
Spacecraft shape, dimensions
(m):
Crew:
Alan L. Bean, Commander; Owen K.
Garriott, Science Pilot; Jack R. Lousma, Pilot
Backup crew:
Vance D. Brand, Commander; William E.
Lenoir, Science Pilot; Don L. Lind, Pilot
Apogee/perigee at insertion
(km):
231.3 x 154.7
No. of orbits:
858
Period:
approx. 93 min.
Length of mission:
59 days, 1 hrs., 9 min., 4 sec.
(splashdown: Sept. 25, 1973, 6:20 p.m.)
Distance traveled:
39.4 mill km
EVA time:
13 hr., 44 min.
Earth landing coordinates:
30°47'N. 120°29'W (Pacific
0.)
Recovery ship:
USS New Orleans (crew onboard in 42
min.)
Objectives and results:
see table
2-48.