The Prime Crew for NASA's First Manned Skylab Mission Meet the Press in a Final Briefing Prior to Isolation for the Coming Launch of Skylab II
5/1/1973
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The prime crew for NASA's first manned Skylab mission meet the press in a final briefing prior to Isolation for the coming launch of Skylab II scheduled for launch no earlier than May 15, 1973 from Launch Complex 39-B, Cape Kennedy, Florida, with a Saturn I-B vehicle. The astronauts are (L. to R.) Charles Conrad Jr., Commander, Paul J. Weitz, Pilot, and Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin, Science Pilot. The mission will be of 28 days duration in a near-circular orbit at an altitude of 432 kilometers 9270 nautical miles0 and at an inclination of 50 degrees from the equator performing scientific, medical, and technological experiments.
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5927675Full Citation: The Prime Crew for NASA's First Manned Skylab Mission Meet the Press in a Final Briefing Prior to Isolation for the Coming Launch of Skylab II; 5/1/1973; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/the-prime-crew-for-nasas-first-manned-skylab-mission-meet-the-press-in-a-final-briefing-prior-to-isolation-for-the-coming-launch-of-skylab-ii, May 4, 2024]