Editing Skylab Rescue (section)

===AS 209===
[[Image:SkylabRescue.jpg|thumb|alt=Black-and-white picture from inside a tall building with a space capsule being lifted from the top of a rocket|Skylab Rescue [[Apollo CSM|CSM]] being removed from its [[Saturn IB]] following the successful recovery of [[Skylab 4]] (19 February 1974)]]
After the Skylab 4 launch, another rescue flight was assembled as a backup contingency. The Saturn IB rocket AS 209 was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Launch Complex 39 for possible use. It also used the CSM 119 Command Module that was to be launched with Brand and Lind.

There were also plans for a short 20-day [[Skylab 5]] flight that would use this backup CSM. The crew, likely consisting of Brand, Lind, and Skylab backup Science Pilot [[William B. Lenoir]], would have performed some scientific research and closed out the station until the [[Space Shuttle]] was operational. However, the extension of Skylab 4 from fifty-six to eighty-four days obviated the need for the additional mission.