Editing Skylab 3 (section)

==Splashdown==
The Skylab 3 mission returned to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 22:20 UTC on September 25, 1973.<ref name="Skylab 3">{{cite news |author1=AP Staff |title=Splashdown Ends Longest Space Odyssey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/105799143/|access-date= August 13, 2023 |work=The Indianapolis Star |agency=The Associated Press |date= September 26, 1973 |page=1 | url-access = subscription | via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>  The crew and command module were recovered by the [[USS New Orleans (LPH-11)|USS ''New Orleans'']], about 360&nbsp;km (225&nbsp;mi) off the Californian coast, southwest of [[San Diego]].<ref name="Skylab 3" /> At the time, the crew held several space endurance records including: most time in space at 59 days, 11 hours, and 9 minutes; as well as holding the most orbits of the Earth, by a crew, at 858.<ref name="Endurance Records">{{cite news |author1=UPI Staff |title=Skylab Fails to Top Old Time-In-Air-Mark|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/105799235//|access-date= August 13, 2023 |work=The Indianapolis Star |agency= United Press International |date= September 26, 1973 |page= 6 | url-access = subscription | via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>  This was the last Skylab splashdown to be covered live by American broadcast television news media, as Skylab 4's splashdown was not covered.<ref name="Skylab 4 Splashdo/wn">{{cite news |author1=Press Staff |title=Last Skylab Mission Over |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/98182227/ |access-date= August 13, 2023 |work=Detroit Free Press |agency=AP, UPI & New York News |date= February 9, 1974 |pages=1, 7 | url-access = subscription | via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>