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Saturn IB SA-206 (Skylab 2)
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| Name of Image |
Saturn IB SA-206 (Skylab 2) Launch |
| Date of Image |
1973-05-01 |
| Full Description |
SA-206 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's launch complex 39B, in Florida, on May 25, 1973, for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-2) with astronauts Pete Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz. The Saturn IB, developed under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), launched five manned Earth-orbital missions between 1968 and 1975: Apollo 7, Skylab 2, Skylab 3, Skylab 4, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). |
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Skylab 2 Astronaut Paul Weit
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| Title |
Skylab 2 Astronaut Paul Weitz suiting up at KSC during prelaunch |
| Description |
Astronaut Paul Weitz, pilot of the Skylab 2 mission, is suited up in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the Kennedy Space Center during Skylab 2 prelaunch preparations. |
| Date Taken |
1973-05-25 |
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