Editing Skylab 3 (section)

{{short description|Second crewed mission to Skylab}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name                  = Skylab 3
| image                 = Skylab 3 Close-Up - GPN-2000-001711.jpg
| image_caption         = Skylab as seen by the arriving Skylab 3 crew
| insignia              = Skylab2-Patch.png
| insignia_caption      = Due to a NASA management error, crewed Skylab mission patches were designed in conflict with the official mission numbering scheme.

| mission_type          = 
| operator              = [[NASA]] 
| COSPAR_ID             = 1973-050A
| SATCAT                = 6757
| mission_duration      = 59&nbsp;days, 11&nbsp;hours, 09&nbsp;minutes, 01&nbsp;seconds
| orbits_completed      = 858
| distance_travelled    = {{convert|39400000|km|mi|sp=us}}

| spacecraft            = [[Apollo Command/Service Module|Apollo CSM]]-117
| manufacturer          = [[Rockwell International|North American Rockwell]]
| launch_mass           = {{convert|20121|kg|lb}}
| landing_mass          =

| launch_date           = {{start date and age|July 28, 1973}}
| launch_rocket         = [[Saturn IB]] SA-207
| launch_site           = [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]] [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39B]]

| landing_date          = {{end date text|September 25, 1973, 22:19:51|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC 
| landing_site          = {{coord|30|47|N|120|29|W|type:event}}
| recovery_by           = {{USS|New Orleans|LPH-11|6}}

| orbit_epoch           = August 8, 1973<ref name=satcat>{{cite web|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|title=SATCAT|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|publisher=Jonathan's Space Pages|access-date=March 23, 2014}}</ref> 
| orbit_reference       = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime          = [[low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
| orbit_periapsis       = {{convert|423|km|mi|sp=us}} 
| orbit_apoapsis        = {{convert|441|km|mi|sp=us}} 
| orbit_inclination     = 50.0&nbsp;degrees
| orbit_period          = 93.2&nbsp;minutes 
| apsis                 = gee

| docking               = 
 {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
   | docking_target     = Skylab
   | docking_type       = dock
   | docking_port       = Forward
   | docking_date       = July 28, 1973, 19:37:00&nbsp;UTC
   | undocking_date     = September 25, 1973, 11:16:42&nbsp;UTC
   | time_docked        = 58&nbsp;days, 15&nbsp;hours, 39&nbsp;minutes, 42&nbsp;seconds
 }}

| crew_size             = 3
| crew_members          = {{Unbulleted list
  |[[Alan Bean|Alan L. Bean]]
  |[[Owen Garriott|Owen K. Garriott]]
  |[[Jack R. Lousma]]
}}
| crew_EVAs             = 
| crew_EVA_time         = 
| crew_photo            = S73-28714.jpg
| crew_photo_caption    = L-R: Garriott, Lousma and Bean

| previous_mission      = [[Skylab 2]]
| next_mission          = [[Skylab 4]]
| programme             = [[Skylab]] program
}}

'''Skylab 3''' (also '''SL-3''' and '''SLM-2'''<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://williampogue.com/skylab-numbering-mixup.html |title=Skylab Numbering Fiasco |access-date=February 7, 2009 |year=2007 |work=Living in Space |publisher=William Pogue Official WebSite |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202194734/http://williampogue.com/skylab-numbering-mixup.html |archive-date=February 2, 2009 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>) was the second [[human spaceflight|crewed]] mission to the first American space station, [[Skylab]]. The mission began on July 28, 1973, with the launch of NASA astronauts [[Alan Bean]], [[Owen Garriott]], and [[Jack R. Lousma|Jack Lousma]] in the [[Apollo command and service module]] on the [[Saturn IB]] rocket, and lasted 59 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4012/vol3/table2.50.htm |title=Skylab 3 Characteristics SP-4012 NASA Historical Data Book|publisher=NASA|access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref> A total of 1,084.7 astronaut-utilization hours were tallied by the Skylab 3 crew performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources, and other experiments.

The crewed Skylab missions were officially designated [[Skylab 2]], 3, and [[Skylab 4|4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4011/contents.htm |title=NASA Skylab Chronology|publisher=NASA|access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref> Miscommunication about the numbering resulted in the mission emblems reading "Skylab I", "Skylab II", and "Skylab 3" respectively.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/resources/naming_spacecraft.html|title=Naming Spacecraft: Confusion Reigns|last=Pogue|first=William|publisher=collectSPACE|access-date=April 24, 2011}}</ref>