Editing Skylab (section)

=== Skylab 5 ===
Skylab 5 would have been a short 20-day mission in April 1974 to conduct more scientific experiments and use the Apollo's [[Apollo command and service module|Service Propulsion System]] engine to boost Skylab into a higher orbit, supporting later station use by the Space Shuttle.<ref>{{cite web |last=Becker |first=Joachim |title=Cancelled spaceflight mission: Skylab 5 |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/cancelled/english/skylab-5.htm |access-date=3 December 2018 |website=spacefacts.de}}</ref> 

[[Vance D. Brand|Vance Brand]] (commander), [[William B. Lenoir]] (science pilot), and [[Don Lind]] (pilot) would have been the crew for this mission, with Brand and Lind being the prime crew for the Skylab Rescue flights.<ref name="astronautixskylab5" /> Brand and Lind also trained for a mission that would have aimed Skylab for a controlled [[Atmospheric entry|deorbit]].<ref name="lindoh">{{cite web|date=May 27, 2005|url= https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/LindDL/LindDL_5-27-05.pdf |title=Don L. Lind Oral History Transcript|series=Space Center Oral History Project|publisher=NASA}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

Skylab 5 would have used the SA-209 rocket and CMS-119 on standby for Skylab Rescue. Upon its cancellation the rocket was put on display at NASA Kennedy Space Center.<ref name="historicspacecraft.com" />