page_title: Skylab
section_title: Experiments
hierarchical_section_title: Skylab / Experiments
caption_attribution_description: English: SL3-122-2587 (September 1973) --- The swirling clouds of Hurricane Ellen (31.0 degrees north, 54.0 degrees west) over the Atlantic Ocean are shown clearly in this 70mm photograph taken by the Skylab 3 crew members. No well defined eye is apparent; a cirrus cloud cap covers the storm, with wisps of the ice crystal layer of this cloud visible even beyond the storm and strong pattern of rotating clouds.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Skylab did 80 experiments. Those were divided into six categories:
  Life science
  Solar physics and astronomy
  Earth resources
  Material science
  Student research
  Other
caption: Hurricane Ellen of 1973
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