The prime crew for NASA's first manned Skylab mission meet the press in a final briefing prior to Isolation for the coming launch of Skylab II scheduled for launch no earlier than May 15, 1973 from Launch Complex 39-B, Cape Kennedy, Florida, with a Saturn I-B vehicle. The astronauts are (L. to R.) Charles Conrad Jr., Commander, Paul J. Weitz, Pilot, and Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin, Science Pilot. The mission will be of 28 days duration in a near-circular orbit at an altitude of 432 kilometers 9270 nautical miles0 and at an inclination of 50 degrees from the equator performing scientific, medical, and technological experiments.
