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Apollo Telescope MountSolar observatory and station attitude-control assemblyReenteredThe Apollo Telescope Mount was Skylab's externally mounted solar observatory, electrical-power source, and precision pointing assembly.
Saturn IB SA-207Crew launch vehicleExpendedSaturn IB SA-207 supported Skylab 3 in the Skylab program.Skylab 2 CSM-116Modified Apollo command and service moduleRecoveredCSM-116 carried the first Skylab crew and the emergency repair equipment that saved the station.Skylab 3 CSM-117Modified Apollo command and service moduleRecoveredCSM-117 carried the second resident crew to Skylab and returned them after a record 59-day expedition.Skylab 4 CSM-118Modified Apollo command and service moduleRecoveredSkylab 4 CSM-118 supported Skylab 4 in the Skylab program.Skylab Rescue CSM-119Modified Apollo rescue and backup spacecraftPreservedCSM-119 was maintained as Skylab’s backup and rescue spacecraft.
Skylab Multiple Docking AdapterDocking, control, and experiment moduleReenteredThe Multiple Docking Adapter formed Skylab's forward crew-vehicle interface and a compact control-and-experiment compartment.
Skylab space stationCrewed orbital workshop and solar observatoryReenteredSkylab was America’s first space station, built around converted Saturn S-IVB-212.Saturn IB SA-206Crew launch vehicleExpendedSaturn IB SA-206 supported Skylab 2 in the Skylab program.Saturn IB SA-208Crew launch vehicleExpendedSaturn IB SA-208 supported Skylab 4 in the Skylab program.Saturn V SA-513Two-stage Skylab launch vehicleExpendedSA-513 was the final Saturn V launched and the only Saturn V flown with two powered stages.
Skylab Airlock ModuleStation airlock and systems moduleReenteredSkylab's Airlock Module was both the crew's EVA gateway and the station's central utility module.