Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing 289 km southwest of San Diego in the Pacific Ocean.

Third and final crew of the space station Skylab. Scientific, engineering and technology scientific experiments include solar observation and observation of the comet "Kohoutek". EVAs by Pogue and Gibson on 22.11.1973 (6h 34m) in which an antenna was repaired, Carr and Pogue on 25.12.1973 (7h 03m), Carr and Gibson on 29.12.1973 (3h 29m), and again Carr and Gibson on 03.02.1974 (5h 19m). New world record for individual time in space; until today longest manned flight of the USA. Massive problems between crew and ground control were reported. It is said, that too much work for the crew might have been the reason and that especially Bill Pogue suffered from Space Adaptation Syndrome during the first days, which was not correct reported to ground control.

The crew was recovered by the USS New Orleans.