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Skylab 3
July 28, 1973 - September 25, 1973
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Duration |
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59 days & 11 hours
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Continued maintenance of the space station and extensive
scientific and medical experiments. Completed 858 Earth orbits and 1,081
hours of solar and Earth experiments; three EVAs totalled 13 hours, 43
minutes.
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Mission
Achievements
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Installed
a twinpole solar shield on EVA. Performed major inflight
maintenance. Doubled previous length of time in space.
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