This list of space stations is grouped by countries responsible for their operations. The space stations where multiple countries are responsible for their operations are listed separately. Planned and canceled space stations are excluded from this list.
Never crewed, prototype | ||
Never crewed, non-prototype |
Name | Entity | Program | Crew size | Launch date | Reentry date | Days in orbit | Days occu- pied | Total crew and visitors | Number of crewed visits | Number of robotic visits | Mass (* = at launch) | Pressurized volume |
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Tiangong-1 | CMSA | Tiangong | 3[1] | 29 September 2011[2] | 2 April 2018[3] | 2377 | 25[4] | 6[5] | 2 | 1[6] | 8506kg (18,753lb)[7] | 15abbr=onNaNabbr=on[8] |
Tiangong-2 | CMSA | 2 | 15 September 2016 | 19 July 2019 | 1037 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8506kg (18,753lb) | 15abbr=onNaNabbr=on | |
Tiangong space station | 3 | 29 April 2021 | in orbit | 17 | 6 | 7 | 22600kg (49,800lb) | 110abbr=onNaNabbr=on (planned) |
Name | Entity | Program | Crew size | Launch date | Reentry date | Days in orbit | Days occu- pied | Total crew and visitors | Number of crewed visits | Number of robotic visits | Mass (* = at launch) | Pressurized volume |
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Salyut 1 | USSR | DOS[9] | ||||||||||
DOS-2 | USSR | DOS[10] | — | |||||||||
Salyut 2 | USSR | Almaz | — | |||||||||
Kosmos 557 | USSR | DOS[11] | — | |||||||||
Salyut 3 | USSR | Almaz | ||||||||||
Salyut 4 | USSR | DOS[12] | ||||||||||
Salyut 5 | USSR | Almaz | ||||||||||
Salyut 6 | USSR | DOS[13] | ||||||||||
Salyut 7 | USSR | |||||||||||
Mir |
Name | Entity | Program | Crew size | Launch date | Reentry date | Days in orbit | Days occu- pied | Total crew and visitors | Number of crewed visits | Number of robotic visits | Mass (* = at launch) | Pressurized volume | |
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OPS 0855 | USAF | MOL | 3 November 1966[14] | 9 January 1967 | 9680kg (21,340lb) | 11.3m2 | |||||||
Skylab | NASA | Skylab[15] | 171[16] | ||||||||||
Genesis I | Bigelow Aerospace | 12 July 2006[17] | (In Orbit) | 1360kg (3,000lb)[18] | 11.5m2[19] | ||||||||
Genesis II | Bigelow Aerospace | 28 June 2007 | (In Orbit) | 1360kg (3,000lb) | 11.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on |