Skylab Crew 3

Mission Summary: This will be the third and final of the crew rotations for the Skylab space station. It will launch from the Apollo era launch mounts, meaning the milk stool will be used to fit the proper launch mounts. The engines will light seconds prior to liftoff and come to full thrust, then the Saturn 1B will take to the skies. It will continue vertical until the proper velocity (100 meters per second). Once it hits that it will begin to pitch over and gain horizontal velocity. Once the stage has burned out it will jettison and the second stage will carry it the remainder to orbit. The Apollo capsule will then carry the crew to a rendezvous with Skylab and dock. The crew will then remain in orbit until they are scheduled to come down. Once they are scheduled to come down they will transfer to the capsule and undock. From there it will make an entry to the atmosphere and come down on parachutes.