What is the name of the first US space station?
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Skylab is the first US space station and the first crewed research laboratory in space.
It lifted off on May 14, 1973, on the last Saturn V rocket. Although the Soviet Union orbited the first experimental space station called Salyut in 1971, the larger and more complex Skylab enabled research in several areas. These included life sciences, in particular the astronauts’ physiological responses to long-duration space flight, Earth sciences, and solar physics and astronomy, with additional experiments in materials processing.
Skylab also gave students the opportunity to fly experiments in space.
Three crews of three astronauts planned to spend 28, 56, and 56 days aboard the orbiting laboratory conducting 270 experiments.
The first US space station was called Skylab. It was launched by NASA on May 14, 1973.