\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> July 28, 1973
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Kennedy Space Center, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> FLIGHT TIME: \<COLOUR 0> 59 days 11 hr 9 min
\<COLOUR 1> CREW: \<COLOUR 0> Alan L Bean, Owen K Garriott, Jack R Lousma
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> HIGHLIGHTS: \<COLOUR 0> Second manned Skylab mission; crew rig up new sunshade and install new gyroscopes; leaking propellant in their CSM ferry threatens an early return; but they go on to more than double the space duration record of Skylab 3.