List of space stations by country

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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.

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## Contents

* 1 Chinese space stations
* 2 Soviet/Russian space stations
* 3 United States space stations
* 4 Notes
* 5 References

## Chinese space stations

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[4][5] | 2[4] | 1[6] | 8,506 kg (18,753 lb)[7] | 15 m3 (530 cu ft)[8]
Tiangong-2 |  CMSA  | 2  | 15 September 2016  | 19 July 2019  | 1037  | 26  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 8,506 kg (18,753 lb)[7] | 15 m3 (530 cu ft)[8]
Tiangong space station  |

* CMSA

| 3  | 29 April 2021  | in orbit  | 1837  | 1707  | 17  | 6  | 7  | 22,600 kg (49,800 lb)  | 110 m3 (3,880 cu ft) (planned)

## Soviet/Russian space stations

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] | 0003 3[10]

| 0710419 19 April 1971[11]

| 0711011 11 October 1971[12]

| 0175 175

| 0024 24[13]

| 0006 6[14]

| 0002 2[14]

| 0000 0[14]

| 018425 18,425 kg (40,620 lb)[11]

| 100 100 m3 (3,500 cu ft)[15]

DOS-2 |  USSR  | DOS[16] | —[lower-alpha 1] | 0720729 29 July 1972[11][17]

| 0720729 29 July 1972

| 000 failed to reach orbit

| 000 —

| 000 —

| 000 —

| 000 —

| 018000 18,000 kg (40,000 lb)[18]

| 000 —

Salyut 2 |  USSR  | Almaz[17] | —[lower-alpha 1] | 0730403 3 April 1973[17]

| 0730416 16 April 1973[17]

| 0013 13[17]

| 000 —

| 000 —

| 000 —

| 000 —

| 018500 18,500 kg (40,800 lb)[19]

| 000 —

Kosmos 557 |  USSR  | DOS[20] | —[lower-alpha 1] | 0730511 11 May 1973[21]

| 0730522 22 May 1973[22]

| 0011 11

| 000 —

| 000 —

| 000 —

| 000 —

| 019400 19,400 kg (42,800 lb)[18]

| 000 —

Salyut 3 |  USSR  | Almaz[9] | 0002 2[23]

| 0740525 25 May 1974[24]

| 0750124 24 January 1975[25]

| 0213 213

| 0015 15[26]

| 0002 2[26]

| 0001 1[26]

| 0000 0

| 018900 18,900 kg (41,700 lb)*[27]

| 090 90 m3 (3,200 cu ft)[20]

Salyut 4 |  USSR  | DOS[28] | 0002 2[29]

| 0741226 26 December 1974[30]

| 0770203 3 February 1977[30]

| 0770 770[30]

| 0092 92[31]

| 0004 4[31]

| 0002 2[31][32]

| 0001 1[31]

| 018900 18,900 kg (41,700 lb)[20]*

| 090 90 m3 (3,200 cu ft)[20]

Salyut 5 |  USSR  | Almaz[28] | 0002 2[33]

| 0760622 22 June 1976[34]

| 0770808 8 August 1977[35]

| 0412 412

| 0067 67[36]

| 0004 4[36]

| 0003 3[36]

| 0000 0[36]

| 019000 19,000 kg (42,000 lb)[20]*

| 100 100 m3 (3,500 cu ft)[20]

Salyut 6 |  USSR  | DOS[28][37] | 0002 2[38]

| 0770929 29 September 1977[38]

| 0820729 29 July 1982[39]

| 1764 1764

| 0683 683[40]

| 0033 33[40]

| 0016 16[40]

| 0014 14[40]

| 009000 19,000 kg (42,000 lb)[41]

| 090 90 m3 (3,200 cu ft)[42]

Salyut 7 |  USSR  | 0003 3[43]

| 0820419 19 April 1982[44]

| 0910207 7 February 1991[44]

| 3216 3216[44]

| 0861 861[43]

| 0022 22[43]

| 0010 10[43]

| 0015 15[43]

| 019000 19,000 kg (42,000 lb)[45]

| 090 90 m3 (3,200 cu ft)[20]

Mir |

* USSR
* Roscosmos

| 0003 3[46]

| 0860219 19 February 1986[47][lower-alpha 2]

| 1010323 23 March 2001[48][47]

| 5511 5511[47]

| 4594 4594[49]

| 0125 125[49]

| 0031 39[50]

| 0068 68[49]

| 129700 129,700 kg (285,900 lb)[51]

| 350 350 m3 (12,400 cu ft)[52]

## United States space stations

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[53] | 9 January 1967[53] | 67  | 0000 —

| 0000 —

| 0000 —

| 0000 —

| 9,680 kg (21,340 lb)  | 11.3 m3 (400 cu ft)
Skylab |  NASA | Skylab[54] | 0003 3[55]

| 0730514 14 May 1973[56]

| 0790711 11 July 1979[48]

| 2249 2249

| 171[57] | 0009 9[58]

| 0003 3[59]

| 0000 0[60]

| 077088 77,088 kg (169,950 lb)[61]

| 360 360 m3 (12,700 cu ft)[62]

Genesis I |  Bigelow Aerospace |  |

| 12 July 2006[63] | (In Orbit)  | 7242  | 0000 —

| 0000 —

| 0000 —

| 0000 —

| 1,360 kg (3,000 lb)[64] | 11.5 m3 (410 cu ft)[65]
Genesis II |  Bigelow Aerospace |  |

| 28 June 2007[63] | (In Orbit)  | 6891  | 0000 —

| 0000 —

| 0000 —

| 0000 —

| 1,360 kg (3,000 lb)[64] | 11.5 m3 (406 cu ft)[65]

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The USSR intended to crew these stations with 2 men, however they re-entered the atmosphere before the cosmonauts were launched.
2. ↑ Launch date of the initial module. Additional modules for this station were launched later.

## References

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3. ↑ Kuo, Lily (2018-04-02). "Tiangong-1 crash: Chinese space station comes down in Pacific Ocean". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/02/tiangong-1-crash-china-space-station.
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28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Dudley-Rowley, Marilyn (2006). ﻿The Mir Crew Safety Record: Implications for Space Colonization﻿ (Report). American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. p. 2.
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