What were some of the things astronaunts got to do in the Skylab Program???

Answer 1

Skylab was a continuation of the Apollo Program using an old Saturn 3rd stage for the station hull and Apollo spacecraft brought the astronauts back and forth. Sorry, no monkeys were involved, they were taken out of the space program a long time ago. Monkeys were only used to prove that it was safe for humans to travel in space. Since then the astronauts have been the ones experimented on, not monkeys.

Space walks
Study of the Sun
Study of humans in space, and the first long term study
Study of various uses of a microgravity environment and the effect it has on things.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab
"It included a laboratory for studying the effects of microgravity and a solar observatory...

Skylab orbited Earth 2,476 times during the 171 days and 13 hours of its occupation during the three manned Skylab missions. Astronauts performed ten spacewalks totalling 42 hours 16 minutes. Skylab logged about 2,000 hours of scientific and medical experiments, including eight solar experiments. The Sun's coronal holes were discovered thanks to these efforts. Many of the experiments conducted investigated the astronauts' adaptation to extended periods of microgravity. Each Skylab mission set a record for the amount of time astronauts spent in space."

Answer 2

I heard they ate astronaut food. Flew around in a weightless environment and wore really weird suits. There might have been a monkey somewhere in the mix.