Space Stations

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  Active· Since November 1998

  International Space Station

  Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, JAXA, NASA and RFSA

  Explore International Space Station
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  Active· Since April 2021

  Tiangong

  CASC

  Explore Tiangong

• In service
• Deorbited
• Inactive, still in orbit

Launch dates from Launch Library 2; end dates from the public record, kept by hand where the API has none. Bars are drawn to scale on one time axis.

• 1971Salyut 1Salyut 1 (DOS-1) was the first space station of any kind, launched into low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971.
• 1973Salyut 2Salyut 2 (OPS-1) (Russian: Салют-2 meaning Salute 2) was a Soviet space station which was launched in 1973 as part of the Salyut programme.
• 1973–1979SkylabSkylab was a United States space station launched and operated by NASA, and occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974 – the only space station the U.S. has operated exclusively.
• 1974–1975Salyut 3Salyut 3 (Russian: Салют-3; English: Salute 3; also known as OPS-2 or Almaz 2) was a Soviet space station launched on 25 June 1974.
• 1974–1977Salyut 4Salyut 4 represented the second phase of DOS civilian space station.
• 1976–1988Salyut 5Salyut 5, also known as OPS-3, was a Soviet space station.