Tuesday, 30 September 2014


Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP); first joint Soviet–US spaceflight. The two craft dock in space with exchange of flags and gifts.
Last manned US mission until STS-1 in 1981.

  Post-Apollo missions using Apollo hardware

Unmanned missions

Mission Rocket LV Serial No Launch Date Launch Time
Skylab 1 Saturn V AS-513 minus S-IVB 14 May 1973 17:30 UTC
Unmanned launch of the Skylab space station. The space station was later crewed by missions Skylab 2, Skylab 3 and Skylab 4.

Manned missions

Mission Rocket LV Serial No Commander Pilot Science Pilot Launch Date Launch Time Duration
Skylab 2 Saturn IB AS-206 Conrad Weitz Kerwin 25 May 1973 13:00 GMT 28d 00h
49m 49s
First crew of the Skylab space station.
Skylab 3 Saturn IB AS-207 Bean Lousma Garriott 28 July 1973 11:10 GMT 59d 11h
09m 34s
Second Skylab crew. Reaction Control System thruster malfunction nearly necessitated a Rescue Mission.
Skylab 4 Saturn IB AS-208 Carr Pogue Gibson 16 November 1973 14:01 GMT 84d 01h
15m 31s
Third and final Skylab crew. Penultimate flight of Apollo.
Mission Rocket LV Serial No Commander CM Pilot Docking Module Pilot Launch Date Launch Time Duration
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project Saturn IB AS-210 Stafford Brand Slayton 15 July 1975 12:20 GMT 09d 01h
28m 
Final flight of both Apollo and the Saturn IB. Rendezvous and docking with Soyuz 19 spacecraft. The inadvertent entry of toxic gases into the cabin atmosphere created a potentially life-threatening health risk to the astronauts during re-entry.

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