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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, lunar module, or 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.
Skylab did 80 experiments. Those were divided into six categories:
- Life science
- Solar physics and astronomy
- Earth resources
- Material science
- Student research
- Other