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Continued maintenance of the Skylab space station and extensive scientific and medical experiments. Installed twinpole solar shield on EVA; performed major inflight maintenance; doubled record for length of time in space. Completed 858 Earth orbits and 1,081 hours of solar and Earth experiments; three EVAs totalled 13 hours, 43 minutes.
The space vehicle, consisting of a modified Apollo command and service module payload on a Saturn IB launch vehicle, was inserted into a 231.3 by 154.7 km orbit. Rendezvous maneuvers were performed during the first five orbits as planned. During the rendezvous, the CSM reaction control system forward firing engine oxidizer valve leaked. The quad was isolated. Station-keeping with the Saturn Workshop began approximately 8 hours after liftoff, with docking being performed about 30 minutes later.
Skylab-3 MANHOUR UTILIZATION MEDICAL ACTIVITIES 312.5 " 8.0 " SOLAR OBSERVATIONS 305.1 " 7.8 " EARTH RESOURCES 223.5 " 5.7 " OTHER EXPERIMENTS 243.6 " 6.2 " SLEEP, REST & OFF DUTY 1224.5 " 31.2 " PRE/POST SLEEP & EATING 975.7 " 24.8 " HOUSEKEEPING 158.4 " 4.0 " PHYSICAL TRAINING & PERSONAL HYGIENE 202.2 " 5.2 " OTHER (EVA) ETC 279.7 " 7.1 " TOTAL: 3925.2 " 100 "References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 33 , 60 .