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A
space station
is a
artificial satellite
in space that people can live at. All past and current space stations have been in
low Earth orbit
. Space stations can dock with other
spacecraft
. This allows transferring cargo and people. At present the
International Space Station
is the only space station in orbit. The first space station was
Salyut 1
. Prior stations were the seven
Salyut
stations,
Skylab
,
Mir
and the two
Tiangong
stations.
[1]
The
Chinese Space Station
is planned for the future.
[2]
Space stations are used to learn about how being in space for a long time effects the human body. They also are a place for science
experiments
and
research
.
[3]
Space stations have been designed for more than one crew. Each crew member may stay aboard the station for weeks or months, and then is replaced by others. Some have spent more than one year at a time on a space station. This includes Vladimir Titov, Musa Manarov, Sergei Avdeyev and Valeriy Polyakov aboard
Mir
.
[4]
The below list is of stations that made it to
orbit
and had at least one crew visit them. There have also been a few stations that have failed or were for testing. Those are not included on this list.
Name
|
Country
|
Launched
|
Burned up
in
atmosphere
|
Days in
orbit
|
Days
with people
on board
|
Crew
and visitors
(total)
|
Visiting
crewed
spacecraft
|
Visiting
uncrewed
spacecraft
|
Mass
kg
|
Salyut 1
|
Soviet Union
|
19 April 1971
|
11 October 1971
|
175
|
23
|
3
|
2
|
-
|
18,500
|
Skylab
|
United States
|
14 May 1973
|
11 July 1979
|
2250
|
171
|
9
|
3
|
0
|
18,500
|
Salyut 3
|
Soviet Union
|
25 June 1974
|
24 January 1975
|
213
|
15
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
18,500
|
Salyut 4
|
Soviet Union
|
26 December 1974
|
3 February 1977
|
770
|
92
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
18,500
|
Salyut 5
|
Soviet Union
|
22 June 1976
|
8 August 1977
|
412
|
67
|
4
|
3
|
-
|
19,000
|
Salyut 6
|
Soviet Union
|
29 September 1977
|
29 July 1982
|
1764
|
683
|
33
|
18
|
15
|
19,824
|
Salyut 7
|
Soviet Union
|
19 April 1982
|
7 February 1991
|
3216
|
816
|
26
|
11
|
15
|
18,900
|
Mir
|
Soviet Union
,
Russia
|
19 February 1986
|
23 March 2001
|
5512
|
4594
|
125
|
39
|
68
|
129,700
|
International Space Station
|
United States
,
Russia
, Members of the
ESA
,
Canada
,
Japan
|
20 November 1998
|
Still in orbit
|
9303
|
8613
|
240
[note 1]
|
103
[note 2]
|
136
[note 2]
|
925,335
|
Tiangong-1
|
China
|
29 September 2011
|
2 April 2018
|
2378
|
26
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
8,506
|
Tiangong-2
|
China
|
15 September 2016
|
19 July 2019
|
1038
|
26
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
8,506
|
Research and development of parts for space stations
[
change
|
change source
]
In 2024, international media showed a film clip of (
intentionally
or on purpose) putting too much pressure inside a
LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) habitat
[or a room designed for a future space station].
[5]
[6]
- ↑
Subject to increase while station is in orbit.
- ↑
2.0
2.1
As of 28 April 2021. Subject to increase while station is in orbit.