SkyLab (SL)-3 Crew - KSC

S73-31801 (28 July 1973) --- The three crewmen of the second manned SkyLab mission (SkyLab 3) leave the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the Kennedy Space Center on the morning of the SkyLab 3 launch. Leading is astronaut Alan L. Bean, commander; followed by scientist-astronaut Owen K. Garriott, science pilot; and astronaut Jack R. Lousma, pilot. They entered the special van which carried them to Pad B at KSC?s Launch Complex 39 where the SkyLab 3/Saturn 1B space vehicle awaited them. The SkyLab 3 liftoff was at 7:11 a.m. (EDT), Saturday, July 28, 1973. The three astronauts were scheduled to spend 59 days at the SkyLab space station in Earth orbit. Photo credit: NASA