ASTRONAUT LOUSMA, JACK - EGRESS - SkyLab 3 COMMAND MODULE - PACIFIC

S73-36435 (25 Sept. 1973) --- Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, SkyLab 3 pilot, egresses the SkyLab 3 Command Module aboard the prime recovery ship, USS New Orleans, during recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean. Astronauts Lousma; Alan L. Bean, commander; and Owen L. Garriott, science pilot, had just completed a successful 59-day visit to the SkyLab space station in Earth orbit. The SkyLab 3 spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific about 230 miles southwest of San Diego, California.
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