Skylab 2
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 25 May 1973, 01:00 pm UTC
Rocket: Saturn IB (Saturn)
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Human Exploration
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission Description
Skylab 2 (also known as SL-2 or SLM-1) was the first crewed mission to the first US orbital space station Skylab. The mission began on May 25, 1973, 13:00:00 UTC with the launch of a three-person crew. Crew members were the Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., Science Pilot Joseph P. Kerwin and Pilot Paul J. Weitz. During their 26-day stay on the station, crew performed station repairs and conducted scientific, medical experiments, gathered solar and Earth science data. The mission ended successfully with the splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on June 22, 1973, 13:49:48 UTC.