What is Skylab?
[[File:Skylab (SL-4).jpg|thumb|Skylab]] '''Skylab''' was the first [[space station]] of the [[United States]]. It was launched on May 14, 1973 on an extra [[Saturn V]] [[Moon]] [[rocket]]. It was launched without the third stage, [[Apollo Lunar Module|lunar module]], or [[Apollo command and service module|command/service module]] because Skylab was itself an extra third stage that was turned into a space station, which is called a wet workshop. The Apollo [[spacecraft]] visited the station three times. If there was any problem, an Apollo spacecraft with [[Vance D. Brand]] and [[Don L. Lind]] could rescue the crews. == Experiments == [[File:Sl3-122-2587ellenfromskylab.jpg|thumb|[[Hurricane Ellen]] of 1973]] Skylab did 80 experiments. Those were divided into six categories: * Life science * Solar physics and astronomy * Earth resources * Material science * Student research * Other {{science-stub}} [[Category:Space stations]]