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.

  Never crewed, prototype
‡ Never crewed, non-prototype

Chinese space stations

More information Name, Entity ...
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
Tiangong-1 China 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 ft3)[8]
Tiangong-2 China CMSA 2 15 September 2016 19 July 2019 1037 26 2 1 1 8,506 kg (18,753 lb)[7] 15 m3 (530 ft3)[8]
Tiangong space station
3 29 April 2021 in orbit 1855 1725 30 10 8 22,600 kg (49,800 lb) 110 m3 (3,880 ft3) (planned)
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Soviet/Russian space stations

More information Name, Entity ...
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
Salyut 1 Soviet Union USSR DOS[9] 3[10] 19 April 1971[11] 11 October 1971[12] 175 24[13] 6[14] 2[14] 0[14] 18,425 kg (40,620 lb)[11] 100 m3 (3,500 ft3)[15]
DOS-2‡ Soviet Union USSR DOS[16] —[a] 29 July 1972[11][17] 29 July 1972 failed to reach orbit — — — — 18,000 kg (40,000 lb)[18] —
Salyut 2‡ Soviet Union USSR Almaz[17] —[a] 3 April 1973[17] 16 April 1973[17] 13[17] — — — — 18,500 kg (40,800 lb)[19] —
Kosmos 557‡ Soviet Union USSR DOS[20] —[a] 11 May 1973[21] 22 May 1973[22] 11 — — — — 19,400 kg (42,800 lb)[18] —
Salyut 3 Soviet Union USSR Almaz[9] 2[23] 25 May 1974[24] 24 January 1975[25] 213 15[26] 2[26] 1[26] 0 18,900 kg (41,700 lb)*[27] 90 m3 (3,200 ft3)[20]
Salyut 4 Soviet Union USSR DOS[28] 2[29] 26 December 1974[30] 3 February 1977[30] 770[30] 92[31] 4[31] 2[31][32] 1[31] 18,900 kg (41,700 lb)[20]* 90 m3 (3,200 ft3)[20]
Salyut 5 Soviet Union USSR Almaz[28] 2[33] 22 June 1976[34] 8 August 1977[35] 412 67[36] 4[36] 3[36] 0[36] 19,000 kg (42,000 lb)[20]* 100 m3 (3,500 ft3)[20]
Salyut 6 Soviet Union USSR DOS[28][37] 2[38] 29 September 1977[38] 29 July 1982[39] 1764 683[40] 33[40] 16[40] 14[40] 19,000 kg (42,000 lb)[41] 90 m3 (3,200 ft3)[42]
Salyut 7 Soviet Union USSR 3[43] 19 April 1982[44] 7 February 1991[44] 3216[44] 861[43] 22[43] 10[43] 15[43] 19,000 kg (42,000 lb)[45] 90 m3 (3,200 ft3)[20]
Mir
3[46] 19 February 1986[47][b] 23 March 2001[48][47] 5511[47] 4594[49] 125[49] 39[50] 68[49] 129,700 kg (285,900 lb)[51] 350 m3 (12,400 ft3)[52]
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United States space stations

More information Name, Entity ...
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
OPS 0855 USAF MOL
—
 3 November 1966[53] 9 January 1967[53] 67 — — — — 9,680 kg (21,340 lb) 11.3 m3 (400 ft3)
Skylab NASA Skylab[54] 3[55] 14 May 1973[56] 11 July 1979[48] 2249 171[57] 9[58] 3[59] 0[60] 77,088 kg (169,950 lb)[61] 360 m3 (12,700 ft3)[62]
Genesis I United States Bigelow Aerospace
—
 12 July 2006[63] (In Orbit) 7260 — — — — 1,360 kg (3,000 lb)[64] 11.5 m3 (410 ft3)[65]
Genesis II United States Bigelow Aerospace
—
 28 June 2007[63] (In Orbit) 6909 — — — — 1,360 kg (3,000 lb)[64] 11.5 m3 (406 ft3)[65]
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Notes

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

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