Command Module, Skylab 4
name: label: Astronaut
content: Edward G. Gibson
label: Astronaut
content: Gerald P. Carr
label: Manufacturer
content: North American Rockwell
label: Astronaut
content: William Reid Pogue
notes: label: Summary
content: This is the Skylab 4 Command Module, which served as the crew cabin for going to and from Skylab, the first U.S. space station. Skylab 4, the third and last of the Skylab missions, was launched on November 16, 1973 with Command and Service Modules CSM-118. The three-person crew, Gerald P. Carr, William R. Pogue, and Edward G. Gibson, spent 84 days on orbit, landing on February 8, 1974. The mission included the observation of the comet Kohoutek, among numerous experiments. The crew completed 1,214 Earth orbits and four extra-vehicular activities totaling 22 hours, 13 minutes.
label: Summary
content: CSM-118 was transferred from NASA to the Smithsonian in 1975.
label: Alternate Name
content: Skylab 4 Command Module
label: Key Accomplishment(s)
content: Final Mission to Skylab
label: Brief Description
content: This Skylab 4 Command Module carried astronauts to and from the first U.S.space station on the final Skylab mission. Launched on November 16, 1973, astronauts Gerald P. Carr, William R. Pogue, and Edward G. Gibson, spent 84 days on orbit aboard Skylab.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19761032000
objectType: label: Type
content: SPACECRAFT-Crewed
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Aluminum alloy, stainless steel, and titanium structures.
label: Materials
content: Outer shell - stainless steel honeycomb between stainless steel sheets.
label: Materials
content: Crew compartment inner shell - aluminum honeycomb between aluminum alloy sheets.
label: Materials
content: Epoxy-resin ablative heat shield covers outside.
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 10ft 7in. x 12ft 10in., 11,000 lbs with new stand for Oklahoma Hist. Museum loan (Weight updated 7/28/2020)