Apollo CSM-116

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Apollo CSM-116 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s first crewed Skylab mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo Command and Service Module
spacecraft
associatedSpaceStation Skylab NERFINISHED
carriedAstronaut Joseph P. Kerwin NERFINISHED
Paul J. Weitz NERFINISHED
Pete Conrad NERFINISHED
commandModuleType Apollo Command Module Block II NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCompartment Apollo Command Module NERFINISHED
crewLaunchMassApprox about 30,000 kg
crewSize 3
dockedWith Skylab Orbital Workshop NERFINISHED
dockingSystem Apollo docking mechanism
enteredService 1973
followedBy Apollo CSM-117 NERFINISHED
guidanceSystem Apollo Guidance Computer NERFINISHED
heatShieldType ablative heat shield
launchDate 1973-05-25
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Saturn IB NERFINISHED
lifeSupportSystem Environmental Control System for three astronauts
manufacturer North American Rockwell NERFINISHED
missionDesignation Skylab 2 CSM NERFINISHED
missionDuration 28 days
about 0 hours 49 minutes (reentry phase only)
missionObjective ferry first crew to Skylab space station
return first Skylab crew safely to Earth
missionOutcome success
missionRole return from Skylab space station
transport to Skylab space station
missionSequence first crewed Skylab mission
notableEvent delivered first long-duration U.S. space station crew
operator NASA
powerSource fuel cells
precededBy Apollo CSM-110 NERFINISHED
program Apollo program NERFINISHED
Skylab program NERFINISHED
propulsionModule Apollo Service Module NERFINISHED
recoveredBy USS Ticonderoga NERFINISHED
recoveryLocation Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
reentryDate 1973-06-22
serviceModuleType Apollo Service Module Block II NERFINISHED
servicePropulsionEngine AJ10-137 NERFINISHED
spaceAgency National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED
spacecraftType Apollo CSM Block II NERFINISHED
status retired
usedForMission Skylab 2 NERFINISHED

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Skylab 2 spacecraft Apollo CSM-116