space station

A space station is a spacecraft which remains in orbit and hosts humans for extended periods of time. It is therefore an artificial satellite featuring habitation facilities. The purpose of maintaining a space station varies depending on the program. Most often space stations have been research stations, but they have also served military or commercial uses, such as hosting space tourists.

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orbital space station; orbital station
artificial satellite, crewed spacecraft, 
International Space Station, Bharatiya Antariksha Station, Bigelow Commercial Space Station, crewed spacecraft, Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, orbital space station, space dock, commercial space station, 

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  Bharatiya Antariksha Station ⓘ
  proposed Indian space station

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  Chinese large modular space station ⓘ
  Chinese space station in low Earth orbit

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  International Space Station ⓘ
  modular space station in low Earth orbit

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  Kosmos 557 ⓘ
  Soviet Salyut space station that malfunctioned shortly after launch

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  Lunar Gateway ⓘ
  planned lunar international space station

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  Mir ⓘ
  1986–2001 modular space station in low Earth orbit

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  Skylab ⓘ
  space station launched and operated by NASA

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  Tiangong-2 ⓘ
  former Chinese space station

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  Almaz 1A ⓘ
  

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  Bigelow Commercial Space Station ⓘ
  proposed private space station designed by Bigelow Aerospace

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  commercial space station ⓘ
  space station for commercial usage

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  DOS-2 ⓘ
  Soviet Salyut space station that suffered a launch failure

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  Galactic Suite Spaceresort ⓘ
  previously planned private space station

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  Kosmos 1870 ⓘ
  

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  Lunar Orbital Station ⓘ
  proposed Russian space station in lunar orbit

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  Manned Orbiting Laboratory ⓘ
  cancelled United States Air Force space station

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  OPS-4 ⓘ
  unflown Soviet space station

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  orbital space station ⓘ
  space station orbiting a parent body

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  rotating wheel space station ⓘ
  space station concept

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  Russian Orbital Service Station ⓘ
  proposed Russian space station

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  Salyut 1 ⓘ
  first space station launched by the Soviet Union

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  Salyut 2 ⓘ
  Soviet space station which was launched in 1973

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  Salyut 3 ⓘ
  Soviet space station launched on 25 June 1974

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  Salyut 4 ⓘ
  Salyut space station launched on December 26, 1974

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  Salyut 5 ⓘ
  Soviet space station launched in 1976

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  Salyut 6 ⓘ
  former Soviet orbital space station

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  Salyut 7 ⓘ
  space station launched on 19 April 1982

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  space dock ⓘ
  concept in science fiction

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  Tiangong-1 ⓘ
  Chinese prototype space station in orbit from 2011 to 2018

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  Tiangong-3 ⓘ
  previously planned Chinese space station module

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  Mir-2 ⓘ
  cancelled Soviet space station project

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  Aleksandr Serebrov ⓘ
  Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1944–2013)

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Dr. von Braun's Sketch of the Space Station 8883912 original

Docked Space Shuttle Discovery and a Soyuz spacecraft

Ring space habitat

Rene Berglund's station

Soyuz TM-28 mission patch

View of aurora taken during ISS Expedition 6

View of Pakistan taken during ISS Expedition 11

France Occitanie 31 Toulouse 04

STS-125 and STS-400 on Launch Pads

STS126-E-19018 - View of Earth

• You Will Go to the Moon^@ 1959 children's book about spaceflight
• Haló, je to Země?: úžasné pohledy z Mezinárodní vesmírné stanice - book edition published in 2018 (Czech)
• The Final Mission -  (French)
• Tajemství vesmírné stanice - book edition published in 2017 (Czech)
• Deep Space Gateway Concept Science Workshop - book published in 2018 (English)
• Jak přežít ve vesmíru: vše, co potřebujete vědět pro blízkou budoucnost - book edition published in 2020 (Czech)
• space stations and habitats in fiction - fictional depictions of space stations and habitats in fiction
• space stations and habitats in fiction - fictional depictions of space stations and habitats in fiction
• Vesmír v pohybu - book edition published in 2019 (Czech)
• Zeptej se astronauta - book edition published in 2018 (Czech)
• Vesmírné stanice a lodě - book edition published in 2018 (Czech)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		Bharatiya Antariksha Station	proposed building or structure, space station,	Wikidata
class	orbit		Chinese large modular space station	space station,	Wikidata
class	orbit		International Space Station	Mark T. Vande Hei, Pyotr Dubrov, artificial satellite of the Earth, space laboratory, space station,	Wikidata
class	orbit		Kosmos 557	former entity, space station,	Wikidata
class	orbit		Lunar Gateway	proposed building or structure, space laboratory, space station,	Wikidata
class	orbit		Mir	Aleksandr Laveykin, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Franz Viehböck, Helen Sharman, Ulf Merbold, Viktor Savinykh, Yury Romanenko, space station,	Wikidata
class	orbit		Skylab	space laboratory, space station,	Wikidata
class	orbit		Tiangong-2	Chen Dong, Jing Haipeng, artificial satellite, former entity, space laboratory, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Almaz 1A	space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Bigelow Commercial Space Station	proposed entity, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		commercial space station	space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		DOS-2	former entity, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Galactic Suite Spaceresort	abandoned project, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Kosmos 1870	Kosmos, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Lunar Orbital Station	space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Manned Orbiting Laboratory	Francis G. Neubeck, Lachlan Macleay, Richard E. Lawyer, abandoned project, military project, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		OPS-4	space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		orbital space station	space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		rotating wheel space station	space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Russian Orbital Service Station	proposed building or structure, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Salyut 1	space laboratory, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Salyut 2	space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Salyut 3	space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Salyut 4	Aleksei Gubarev, Pyotr Klimuk, space laboratory, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Salyut 5	Yury Glazkov, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Salyut 6	Aleksei Gubarev, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Bertalan Farkas, Dumitru Prunariu, Georgy Grechko, Maidarzhavyn Ganzorig, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Pham Tuan, Pyotr Klimuk, Sigmund Jähn, Viktor Savinykh, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Vladimir Kovalyonok, Vladimír Remek, Yury Romanenko, Zenon Jankowski, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Salyut 7	Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Anatoly Berezovoy, Georgy Grechko, Oleg Atkov, Rakesh Sharma, Viktor Savinykh, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		space dock	space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Tiangong-1	former entity, space laboratory, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object		Tiangong-3	abandoned project, space station,	Wikidata
class	space object	1976	Mir-2	abandoned project, space station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight		Aleksandr Serebrov	human,	Wikidata
commons	image		Dr. von Braun's Sketch of the Space Station 8883912 original		Commons
commons	image		Docked Space Shuttle Discovery and a Soyuz spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		Ring space habitat		Commons
commons	image		Rene Berglund's station		Commons
commons	image		Soyuz TM-28 mission patch		Commons
commons	image		View of aurora taken during ISS Expedition 6		Commons
commons	image		View of Pakistan taken during ISS Expedition 11		Commons
commons	image		France Occitanie 31 Toulouse 04		Commons
commons	image		STS-125 and STS-400 on Launch Pads		Commons
commons	image		STS126-E-19018 - View of Earth		Commons