On standby August 1973 - February 1974 (Unlaunched)
Rocket
Saturn IB AS-208/209
Launch site
Kennedy LC-39B
Docking with Skylab
Docking port
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Skylab rescue crew portrait (Left to right; Vance Brand and Don Lind)
The Skylab Rescue Mission (also SL-R)[1]: iii was an unflown rescue mission, planned as a contingency in the event of astronauts being stranded aboard the American Skylab space station.[2][3] If flown, it would have used a modified Apollo Command Module that could be launched with a crew of two and return a crew of five.[1]: 1–1 [4]
Astronauts Vance Brand and Don Lind were assigned as the rescue crew, in the event of the mission's necessity. A rescue mission was considered when the Skylab 3 Command/Service Module (CSM) developed problems in its reaction control system (RCS) thrusters while docked to the station. On the ground, space vehicles were assembled to fly rescue missions in support of both Skylab 3 and Skylab 4. However, no rescue mission ever proved necessary. All astronauts visiting Skylab returned safely to Earth in their original command modules.
The SkylabRescue Mission (also SL-R): iii was an unflown rescue mission, planned as a contingency in the event of astronauts being stranded aboard the...
February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory...
additional crew and kept on standby for a potential rescue mission in case of issues on-board Skylab. During Skylab 3, a malfunction on the Apollo CSM docked to...
Skylab 3 (also SL-3 and SLM-2) was the second crewed mission to the first American space station, Skylab. The mission began on July 28, 1973, with the...
Skylab B was a proposed second US space station similar to Skylab that was planned to be launched by NASA for different purposes, mostly involving the...
(ASTP). A backup Apollo CSM/Saturn IB was assembled and made ready for a Skylabrescue mission, but never flown. The remaining Saturn IBs in NASA's inventory...
Skylab 2 (also SL-2 and SLM-1) was the first crewed mission to Skylab, the first American orbital space station. The mission was launched on an Apollo...
Lind was then assigned as backup pilot for Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 and would have flown on SkylabRescue. Lind was the payload commander on his only flight...
ISBN 0-02-542820-9. " Mission Requirements, SkylabRescue Mission, SL-R" NASA, 24 August 1973. APOLLO/SKYLAB ASTP AND SHUTTLE --ORBITER MAJOR END ITEMS...
the first crew to perform critical in-flight repairs of the Skylab station. After Skylab, he served for a time as Director of User Affairs in NASA's Office...
and service module SkylabRescue (CSM-119), and an unused Lunar Module (LM-9). CSM-119 was designated for a possible Skylabrescue mission and as a backup...
program that could launch a rescue orbiter on short notice, similar to the SkylabRescue that was planned during the Skylab program. NASA retired the Space...
remained in storage for years; some were used for a trainer for the SkylabRescue Mission. That trainer was subsequently displayed at the Kentucky Science...
(GenCorp) in 2013. Apollo command and service module North American DC-3 SkylabRescue Space Shuttle AGM-28 Hound Dog AGM-64 Hornet RTV-A-3 NATIV SM-64 Navaho...
saw active service during all three Skylab missions, the Apollo–Soyuz test flight, and a contingency SkylabRescue flight that never became necessary....
between the half who flew to the Moon (nine in all), and the half who flew Skylab and Space Shuttle, providing the core of Shuttle commanders early in that...
Searching for Skylab - America's Forgotten Triumph is a 2019 documentary about the 1970s American space station Skylab. It was written by Carl Alessi and...
people approaching. Dwayne A. Day published "Astronauts and Area 51: the Skylab Incident" in The Space Review in January 2006. It was based on a memo written...
was an uncrewed space tug ordered by NASA in the late 1970s to re-boost Skylab using the Space Shuttle. TRS was a design for an uncrewed robotic space...
June 7, and June 19, 1973, on the Skylab 2 mission. They rescued the functionality of the launch-damaged Skylab space station by freeing a stuck solar...
Automatically Stabilized Maneuvering Unit (ASMU) was test-flown aboard Skylab during the Skylab 3 and 4 missions. Tested inside of the orbiting laboratory, it...
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