Skylab 2

Skylab 2

Launched: May 25, 1973

Landed: June 22, 1973

Crew:

Charles C. Conrad Jr.

Paul J. Weitz

Joseph P. Kerwin

Duration:

28 days, 50 minutes

Highlights:

First manned mission. The crew rendezvoused with Skylab on the fifth orbit. After making substantial repairs, including deployment of a parasol sunshade which cooled the inside temperatures to 23.8 degrees C (75 degrees F), by June 4 the workshop was in full operation. In orbit the crew conducted solar astronomy and Earth resources experiments, medical studies, and five student experiments; 404 orbits and 392 experiment hours were completed; three EVAs totalled six hours, 20 minutes.

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