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Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3) was the fourth Skylab mission and placed the third crew on board. It started November 16, 1973, with the launch of three astronauts on a Saturn IB rocket, and lasted 84 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes. A total of 6,051 astronaut-utilization hours were tallied by Skylab 4 astronauts performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources, observation of the Comet Kohoutek and other experiments.

Crew

Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.

Gerald P. Carr (1) - Commander
William R. Pogue (1) - Pilot
Edward G. Gibson (1) - Science Pilot

Backup Crew

Vance D. Brand - Commander

Don L. Lind- Pilot

William Lenoir - Science Pilot

Support Crew

Robert L. Crippen

Richard H. Truly

Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr

William E. Thornton

Mission parameters

Mass: 20,847 kg

Maximum Altitude: 440 km

Distance: 34.5 million miles (55,500,000 km)

Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB

Perigee: 422 km

Apogee: 437 km

Inclination: 50.04°

Period: 93.11 min

Docking

Docked: November 16, 1973 - 21:55:00 UTC

Undocked: February 8, 1974 - 02:33:12 UTC

Time Docked: 83 days, 4 hours, 38 minutes, 12 seconds

Space walks

Gibson and Pogue - EVA 1

EVA 1 Start: November 22, 1973, 17:42 UTC

EVA 1 End: November 23, 00:15 UTC

Duration: 6 hours, 33 minutes

Carr and Pogue - EVA 2

EVA 2 Start: December 25, 1973, 16:00 UTC

EVA 2 End: December 25, 23:01 UTC

Duration: 1 hour, 01 minute

Carr and Gibson - EVA 3

EVA 3 Start: December 29, 1973, 17:00 UTC

EVA 3 End: December 29, 20:29 UTC

Duration: 3 hours, 29 minutes

Carr and Gibson - EVA 4

EVA 4 Start: February 3, 1974, 15:19 UTC

EVA 4 End: February 3, 20:38 UTC

Duration: 5 hours, 19 minutes ==

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