NASA Photo ID: S73-37286 File Name: 10076335.jpg
Film Type: 120mm Date Taken: 11/16/73
Title: Launch of the Skylab 4/Saturn 1B space vehicle
Description:
The Skylab 4/Saturn 1B space vehicle is launched from Pad B, Launch Complex
39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 9:01;23 a.m., Friday, November 16,
1973. Skylab 4 is the third and last of three scheduled manned Skylab
missions. In addition to the Command/Service module and its launch escape
system, the Skylab 4 space vehicle consisted of the Saturn 1B first (S-1B)
stage and the Saturn 1B second (S-IVB) stage.
Subject terms:
COMMAND MODULES
FLORIDA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
LAUNCHING PADS
LAUNCHING SITES
LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)
SATURN LAUNCH VEHICLES
SKYLAB 4
SKYLAB PROGRAM
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