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Skylab 2

Launched May 25, 1973, the Skylab 2 mission, commanded by Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. was the crew to visit the Skylab space station. Conrad, science pilot Joseph Kerwin, and pilot Paul Weitz spent 28 days in space, setting a new endurance record.

S72-52630 (February 1972) --- This is the emblem for the first manned Skylab mission. It will be a mission of...
The Skylab 2 mission patch
S73-24303 (May 1973) --- These three astronauts have been named by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as the prime...
Portrait of the Skylab 2 prime crew (Kerwin, Conrad, and Weitz)
S73-25902 (4 May 1973) --- The three prime crew members of the first manned Skylab mission (Skylab 2) are photographed...
Skylab 2 prime crew poses in front of the Skylab/Saturn V rocket at Kennedy Space Center
S73-20236 (1 March 1973) --- The three members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission dine on...
The Skylab 2 prime crew test the food in the Skylab trainer at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Two members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission assist each other in suiting up in Building...
Paul Weitz and Joe Kerwin try on their spacesuits at Johnson Space Center during training
S73-25901 (25 May 1973) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the Skylab 2 mission, is suited up in the...
Astronaut Pete Conrad prepares for launch at Kennedy Space Center
S73-27095 (25 May 1973) --- The Skylab 2 crew, consisting of astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul...
Skylab 2/Saturn I-B launch on 25 May 1973
Astronaut Charles Conrad, Jr., Skylab-2 (SL-2) commander, smiles happily for the camera after a hot bath in the shower in...
Pete Conrad smiles for the camera while in the Skylab shower
SL2-X9-747 (June 1973) --- Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, mans the control and display console of the Apollo...
Astronaut Paul Weitz at the console of the Apollo Telescope Mount on Skylab
S73-27509 (6 June 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin (right), Skylab 2 science pilot and a doctor of medicine, takes...
Joe Kerwin draws blood from Pete Conrad on board Skylab.
The Saturn V vehicle, carrying the unmarned orbital workshop for the Skylab-1 mission, lifted off successfully and all systems performed...
Kerwin cutting the metal strap to free and deploy Skylab's Orbital Workshop solar array
Each of the three crewed Skylab missions from May 1973 to 1974 were staffed by three astronauts. Since these were...
A Checkup Aboard Skylab
S73-27467 (5 June 1973) --- An overhead view of astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, at the video tape...
Skylab 2 pilot Paul Weitz changes the tape in the Skylab video tape recorder in this still created from a TV transmission.
SL2-X9-730 (1 June 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, Skylab 2 science pilot, forms a perfect sphere by blowing water...
Astronaut Joseph Kerwin forms perfect sphere with a water droplet
Before departing for Earth on June 22, 1973, the first Skylab crew took this image of the Skylab space station....
The Skylab space station appears in the blackness of space as it orbits Earth
S73-29138 (22 June 1973) --- The Skylab 2 Command Module, with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul...
The Skylab 2 command module is hoisted to the recovery ship from the Pacific Ocean