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Mission Name: Skylab 3 (SLM-3) Vehicle: Slylab 4
Mission Number: SL-4 (AS-208) 16 November 1973 - 8 February 1974

Crew:
   
Gerald P. Carr [1], Commander
    William R. Pogue [1], Pilot
    Edward G. Gibson [1], Science Pilot

Backup Crew:
    Vance D. Brand, Commander
    Don L. Lind, Pilot
    William B. Lenoir, Science Pilot

Launch:
    Pad: 39-B
    Date: 16 November 1973
    Time: 14:01:00 UTC

Flight:
    Orbits: 1,214
    Duration: 84 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes, 31 seconds
    EVA #1: 22 November - 6 hours, 33 minutes
    EVA #2: 25 December - 7 hours, 1 minute
    EVA #3: 29 December - 3 hours, 29 minutes
    EVA #4: 3 February - 5 hours, 19 minutes
    Distance: 34.5 million miles

Landing:
    Location: Pacific Ocean
    Vessel: USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
    Date: 8 February 1974
    Time: 15:16:31 UTC

Completed 4 EVAs totaling 22 hours, 22 minutes. Observed the Comet Kohoutek. Experiment time totaled 1,563.2 hours.

The command module is currently on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.