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    The Skylab Rescue Mission (also SL-R): iii  was an unflown rescue mission, planned as a contingency in the event of astronauts being stranded aboard the...
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    February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory...
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  • additional crew and kept on standby for a potential rescue mission in case of issues on-board Skylab. During Skylab 3, a malfunction on the Apollo CSM docked to...
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    Skylab B was a proposed second US space station similar to Skylab that was planned to be launched by NASA for different purposes, mostly involving the...
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    Skylab 3 (also SL-3 and SLM-2) was the second crewed mission to the first American space station, Skylab. The mission began on July 28, 1973, with the...
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    (ASTP). A backup Apollo CSM/Saturn IB was assembled and made ready for a Skylab rescue mission, but never flown. The remaining Saturn IBs in NASA's inventory...
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    Skylab 2 (also SL-2 and SLM-1) was the first crewed mission to Skylab, the first American orbital space station. The mission was launched on an Apollo...
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    Don Lind (category Skylab program astronauts)
    Lind was then assigned as backup pilot for Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 and would have flown on Skylab Rescue. Lind was the payload commander on his only flight...
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    ISBN 0-02-542820-9. " Mission Requirements, Skylab Rescue Mission, SL-R" NASA, 24 August 1973. APOLLO/SKYLAB ASTP AND SHUTTLE --ORBITER MAJOR END ITEMS...
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    the first crew to perform critical in-flight repairs of the Skylab station. After Skylab, he served for a time as Director of User Affairs in NASA's Office...
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