Skylab Rescue
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The Skylab Rescue Mission was an unflown rescue mission, planned as a contingency in the event of astronauts being stranded aboard the American Skylab space station. If flown, it would have used a mod
Skylab Rescue Command Module Diagram
Skylab rescue crew portrait (Left to right; Vance Brand and Don Lind)
The Skylab 4 rescue vehicle at Launch Pad 39B (3 December 1973)
Skylab Rescue CSM being removed from its Saturn IB following the successful recovery of Skylab 4 (19 February 1974)
Saturn IB
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The Saturn IB was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the Apollo program. It uprated the Saturn I by replacing the S-IV second stage, with
Three launch configurations of the Apollo Saturn IB rocket: no spacecraft (AS-203), command and service module (AS-202), and Lunar Module (Apollo 5)
Diagram of the S-IB first stage of the Saturn IB rocket
Diagram of the S-IVB second stage of the Saturn IB
The instrument unit, which controlled the Saturn IB and Saturn V