Every space station ever built that’s about to crash?

Since the International Space Station was completed in 2000, there hasn’t been a single day without humans in space. But there are actually two operating units in orbit, the other being China’s Tiangong Space Station. One of them is due to the accident.

We collected data from NASA and public media sources about past, current, and future planned space stations, including some that will be operated by private corporations. Find out which ones – maybe you’ll want them for your investment portfolio.

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• There have been 10 previous manned space stations operated by the United States, the Soviet Union, or China. Tugs are currently operational.
• The International Space Station is scheduled for a controlled re-entry over the Pacific in 2031, which will destroy the aging facility.
• A further 11 stations have been proposed and are in various stages of planning and development.
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Soviet space stations

Mir was the Soviet Union’s most successful space station attempt.

The first space station was of the Soviet Union Salyut 1, released in 1971 and lasting only 175 days. Over the next two years, the USSR attempted to launch three more stations, but the first failed to reach orbit and the other two lasted less than two weeks. In the 26-year period from 1975-2001, the Soviets launched 5 more Salyut stations and their final, chrism. Over time, Soviet space stations lasted longer. chrism spent 5,511 days in orbit and hosted 125 crew and visitors. She was destroyed in a controlled accident over the Pacific Ocean in 2001.

American Space Station

Skylab was supposed to re-enter entirely over the Indian Ocean, but it also scattered debris in Australia.

The United States operated only one space station of its own: Skylab, which lasted from 1973-1979. It could hold a crew of three. NASA sent three crews to visit, each breaking previous space endurance records. They studied how the human body adapts to a weightless environment, completed detailed solar observations, and surveyed the Earth for natural resources. Skylab was occupied for 171 days during its lifetime. NASA intended to use a space shuttle mission to raise it to a higher orbit and abandon it, but solar storms prevented such a mission. The station re-entered the atmosphere in 1979 and scattered debris in the Indian Ocean and Australia.

International Space Station

Given the extraordinarily high cost and complexity of building an orbital science station, the United States and partners such as Canada, Japan, and European allies cooperated to design and build the International Space Station. During a thaw period, Russia joined the project in 1993. Orbital construction lasted from 1998-2011. It was the longest-lasting space station ever built: 9,401 days in orbit, with a total of 230 crew and visitors so far.

The ISS partners had many ambitious goals for this. It was to be an Earth- and space-orbiting observatory, a low-gravity research facility, and a potential staging base for interplanetary missions. The element of international cooperation helped maintain good diplomatic relations with Russia at a time when its superpower status was declining. The ISS is now aging to such an extent that mission controllers plan to crash it into the Pacific Ocean in 2031, with most of it burning up in the atmosphere during re-entry.

China’s space stations

A Chinese rocket prepares to put a component of the Tiangong Station into orbit.

Because of concerns about sharing sensitive technology with military applications, China did not participate in the International Space Station project, but built its own orbital research stations. Tiangong 1 was in orbit from 2011-2018 and Tiangong 2 from 2016-2019. Each of them was occupied for less than a month by 2-6 crew members before being decommissioned. The third in the series, simply called the Tiangong Space Station, was launched on April 29, 2021. So far 7 missions have brought 19 crew and visitors to it, staying there for a total of 1,075 days.

Space station proposals

Mitsubishi is one of the private companies that will be involved in the development and operation of a space station in the coming years.

If all goes according to plan, the night sky will soon be full of space stations, some launched by countries that previously did not operate one themselves, such as India and Japan, and some operated by private companies. Here’s what’s in the works, along with anticipated release dates and sponsored countries or companies:

1. Moon Gate (2025) – United States, Europe, Canada, Japan
2. Haven-1 (2025) – Private: vast
3. Axiom Station (2026) – United States of America
4. StarMax (2026) – Private: Gravity
5. LIFE Pathfinder (2026) – Private: Sierra Space
6. Russian Orbital Service Station (2027) – Russia
7. Starlab (2028) – Private: NanoRocks, Voyager Space, Airbus, MDA Space, Mitsubishi.
8. Orbital Reef (late 2020s) – Private: Blue Origin, Sierra Space.
9. Lunar Orbital Station (after 2030) – Russia
10. Bharatiya Antariksha Station (circa 2035) – India
11. Japanese Space Station Module (TBD) – Japan

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