Space station

A space station, (alternately space platform) is an artificial satellite intended for long-term human habitation.^[1]

The Soviet Union, China, the USA, and an international coalition that includes both the United States and Russia have launched space stations.^[1]

The International Space Station, the ISS, is the largest, and best known.

Some space stations^[1]
name	operated by	operational period	notes
OPS 0855	USA		Launched in 1966, never operational.^[1]
Salyut	USSR
Skylab	USA		Was launched, in one shot, by the two lower stages of a Saturn 5 rocket, the rocket used to send Apollo missions to Luna, our moon Operational for less than a year.
Mir	USSR
International Space Station	coalition
Tiangong	China	2021-present	China was specifically not invited to participate in the International Space Station

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "5 Space Stations You've Never Heard Of". SciShow. 2026-07-14. Archived from the original on 2026-07-14. Retrieved 2026-07-14 – via YouTube. Did you know the US Air Force put a space station in orbit all the way back in 1966? Or that in 1985, the USSR sent a whopping TWO cosmonauts into space to bring a whole space station (Salyut-7) back to life?