Skylab 2 was the first crewed mission to Skylab, the first American orbital space station. The mission was launched on an Apollo command and service module by a Saturn IB rocket on May 25, 1973, and c
Skylab, seen from the departing Skylab 2 spacecraft
From left: Kerwin, Conrad and WeitzSkylab program← Skylab 1Skylab 3 →
Paul J. Weitz, (left) Charles Conrad Jr. (middle); and Joseph P. Kerwin (right); in front of Skylab station on its Saturn V
View during a "fly around" inspection
Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 12 mission, on which he became the third person to walk
Skylab 2
…space station. The mission was launched on an Apollo command and service module by a Saturn IB rocket on May 25, 1973, and carried NASA astronauts Pete Conrad, Joseph P. Kerwin, Paul J. Weitz to the station. The name Skylab 2 also refers to the vehicle used for that mission. The Skylab 2 mission established…
Conrad in the Princeton University yearbook, 1953
Conrad preparing for water egress training in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft
Conrad following his Gemini 5 flight