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The payload capability of the Saturn IB launch vehicle used to launch the Low Earth Orbit missions (Apollo 1 (planned), Apollo 7, Skylab 2, Skylab 3, Skylab 4, and Apollo-Soyuz) could not handle the 66,900-pound (30,300 kg) mass of the fully fueled CSM. Modifications were made to accomodate long-duration Skylab missions and to allow the spacecraft to remain semi-dormant while docked to the Skylab cluster. 06757; Skylab 3; SkylabCSM2; Facts in Brief. 06936; Skylab 4; SkylabCSM3; Facts in Brief. The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which landed astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.

A crew of three men and their provisions were carried. Skylab Rescue vehicle Apollo CSM being removed from its Saturn IB rocket after the last Skylab mission. A fourth crewed mission was under consideration, which would have used the launch vehicle kept on standby for the Skylab Rescue mission. Apollo CSM in white for a Skylab mission, docked to the Skylab space station . Modifications were made to accommodate long-duration Skylab missions and to allow the spacecraft to remain semi-dormant while docked to the Skylab cluster.

The mission of this spacecraft was to ferry a crew of three to the Skylab complex and return them to earth. Modifications for Saturn IB missions. A crew of three men and their provisions were carried. Alternate Names. The three crewed Skylab missions used only about 16.8 of the 24-man-months of oxygen, food, water, and other supplies stored aboard Skylab. The mission of this spacecraft was to ferry a crew of three to the Skylab complex and return them to earth. Alternate Names.