APOLLO COMMAND MODULE, SKYLAB 4
This Apollo
command module is identical to those used during the Apollo Program.
It was used to ferry the crew of the last Skylab mission, astronauts Gerald
P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue, to the Skylab Orbital Workshop
and back to Earth again. The Skylab 4 crew lived in the Skylab for 84 days,
from Nov. 16, 1973 to Feb. 8, 1974. The crew performed numerous experiments
and demonstrated that humans can live and work in space for long periods
of time.
Skylab was a manned space station launched into Earth orbit by the United
States in May 1973. It was made from the third stage of a Saturn V launch
vehicle. A crew of three astronauts occupied Skylab during each of three
missions. The longest mission, which ended in February 1974, lasted almost
three months.
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