Space station
A space station is a
Space stations have harboured so far the only long-duration direct human presence in space. After the first station,
The ISS has hosted the highest number of people in orbit at the same time, reaching 13 for the first time during the eleven day docking of STS-127 in 2009. On May 30, 2023 there were 11 people on the ISS and 6 on China's TSS: with a total of 17 people in orbit, it set the record for most people in orbit as of 2023.[1]
As of 2024, there are two fully operational space stations in
History
Starting with the ill-fated flight of the Soyuz 11 crew to Salyut 1, all recent human spaceflight duration records have been set aboard space stations. The duration record for a single spaceflight is 437.75 days, set by Valeri Polyakov aboard Mir from 1994 to 1995.[3] As of 2021[update], four cosmonauts have completed single missions of over a year, all aboard Mir. The last military-use space station was the Soviet Salyut 5, which was launched under the Almaz program and orbited between 1976 and 1977.[4][5][6]
Early concepts
The first mention of anything resembling a space station occurred in
First advances and precursors
The first human flew to space and concluded the first orbit on April 12, 1961 with Vostok 1.
The
But before that the
The first docking of two spacecraft was achieved on March 16, 1966 when
The Soviets carried out the first automated, uncrewed docking between
The first Soviet cosmonaut to attempt a manual docking was Georgy Beregovoy who unsuccessfully tried to dock his Soyuz 3 craft with the uncrewed Soyuz 2 in October 1968. Automated systems brought the craft to within 200 meters (660 ft), while Beregovoy brought this closer with manual control.[13]
The first successful crewed docking[14] occurred on January 16, 1969 when Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 docked, collecting the two crew members of Soyuz 5, which had to perform an extravehicular activity to reach Soyuz 4.[15]
In March 1969 Apollo 9 achieved the first internal transfer of crew members between two docked spacecraft.
The first rendezvous of two spacecraft from different countries took place in 1975, when an Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Apollo–Soyuz mission.[16]
The first multiple space docking took place when both Soyuz 26 and Soyuz 27 were docked to the Salyut 6 space station during January 1978.[citation needed]Salyut, Almaz and Skylab
In 1971, the
. The hardware developed during the initial Soviet efforts remains in use, with evolved variants comprising a considerable part of the ISS, orbiting today. Each crew member stays aboard the station for weeks or months but rarely more than a year.Early stations were monolithic designs that were constructed and launched in one piece, generally containing all their supplies and experimental equipment. A crew would then be launched to join the station and perform research. After the supplies had been used up, the station was abandoned.[17]
The first space station was Salyut 1, which was launched by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971. The early Soviet stations were all designated "Salyut", but among these, there were two distinct types: civilian and military. The military stations, Salyut 2, Salyut 3, and Salyut 5, were also known as Almaz stations.[18]
The civilian stations
Mir
Unlike previous stations, the Soviet space station Mir had a modular design; a core unit was launched, and additional modules, generally with a specific role, were later added to that. This method allows for greater flexibility in operation, as well as removing the need for a single immensely powerful launch vehicle. Modular stations are also designed from the outset to have their supplies provided by logistical support craft, which allows for a longer lifetime at the cost of requiring regular support launches.[20]
International Space Station
The ISS is divided into two main sections, the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) and the US Orbital Segment (USOS). The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, was launched in 1998.[21]
The Russian Orbital Segment's "second-generation" modules were able to launch on
The Russian "second-generation" modules are able to be reconfigured to suit changing needs. As of 2009,
In contrast, the main US modules launched on the
The
Tiangong program
China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1 was launched in September 2011.[28] The uncrewed Shenzhou 8 then successfully performed an automatic rendezvous and docking in November 2011. The crewed Shenzhou 9 then docked with Tiangong-1 in June 2012, followed by the crewed Shenzhou 10 in 2013.[citation needed]
According to the
A second space laboratory Tiangong-2 was launched in September 2016, while a plan for Tiangong-3 was merged with Tiangong-2.[31] The station made a controlled reentry on 19 July 2019 and burned up over the South Pacific Ocean.[32]
The
Planned projects
These space stations have been announced by their host entity and are currently in planning, development or production. The launch date listed here may change as more information becomes available.
Name | Entity | Program | Crew size | Launch date | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lunar Gateway | NASA ESA CSA JAXA |
Artemis | 4
|
2025[36] | Intended to serve as a science platform and as a staging area for the lunar landings of NASA's Artemis program and follow-on human mission to Mars. |
Axiom Station
|
Axiom Space |
International Space Station programme | TBD
|
Late 2026[37] | Eventually will detach from the ISS in the early 2030s and form a private, free flying space station for commercial tourism and science activities. |
Russian Orbital Service Station |
Roscosmos | Russia's next generation space station. | TBD
|
2027[38] | With Russia leaving the ISS programme sometime after 2024, Roscosmos announced this new space station in April 2021 as the replacement for that program. |
Starlab | Private | 4
|
2028[39] | "Commercial platform supporting a business designed to enable science, research, and manufacturing for customers around the world." | |
StarMax | Gravitics | Private | TBD
|
2026[40] | "The StarMax module provides up to 400 cubic meters of usable habitable volume - nearly half the volume of the International Space Station in one module." |
Orbital Reef | Blue Origin Sierra Space |
Private | 10
|
second half 2020s[41] | "Commercial station in LEO for research, industrial, international, and commercial customers." |
Bharatiya Antariksha Station[42] | ISRO | Indian Human Spaceflight Programme | 3
|
~2035[43][44][45][46][47] | ISRO chairman K. Sivan announced in 2019 that India will not join the International Space Station, but will instead build a 20 ton space station of its own.[48] It is intended to be built 5–7 years after the conclusion of the Gaganyaan program.[49] |
Lunar Orbital Station[50] |
Roscosmos | TBD
|
after 2030[51] | ||
Haven-1 | Vast | Private | 4
|
2025[52] | "Scheduled to be the world's first commercial space station, Haven-1 and subsequent human spaceflight missions will accelerate access to space exploration"[53] |
LIFE Pathfinder | Sierra Space | Private | TBD
|
2026 | "Before offering LIFE for Orbital Reef, though, the company is proposing to launch a standalone “pathfinder” version of LIFE as soon as the end of 2026".[54] |
Cancelled projects
Most of these stations were canceled due to financial difficulties, or merged into other projects.
Name | Entity | Crew | Cancellation | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Manned Orbiting Laboratory 1–7 | USAF | 2[55] | 1969 | Boilerplate mission launched successfully, wider project cancelled due to excessive costs[56] |
Skylab B | NASA | 3[57] | 1976 | Constructed, but launch cancelled due to lack of funding.[58] Now a museum piece. |
OPS-4 | USSR | 3[59] | 1979 | Constructed, but Almaz program cancelled in favour of uncrewed recon satellites. |
Freedom | NASA | 14–16[60] | 1993 | Merged to form the basis of the International Space Station. |
Mir-2 | USSR Roscosmos |
2[61] | ||
Columbus MTFF | ESA
|
3 | ||
Galaxy | Bigelow Aerospace | Robotic[62] | 2007 | Canceled due to rising costs and ability to ground test key Galaxy subsystems[63] |
Sundancer | 3 | 2011 | Was under construction, but cancelled in favour of developing B330. | |
Almaz commercial | Excalibur Almaz | 4+ | 2016 | Soviet hardware was acquired, but never launched due to lack of funds. |
Tiangong-3 | CNSA
|
3 | 2017 | The goals for Tiangong-2 and 3 were merged, and were completed by a single station rather than two separate stations. |
OPSEK | Roscosmos | 2+ | 2017 | Some modules such as Nauka were launched and attached to the ISS- but proposals to split these off as a separate station were cancelled, and they instead remain part of the ISS. |
B330 | Bigelow Aerospace | 3 | 2020 | Test articles were constructed but not flight ready hardware; cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Architecture
Two types of space stations have been flown: monolithic and modular. Monolithic stations consist of a single vehicle and are launched by one rocket. Modular stations consist of two or more separate vehicles that are launched independently and docked on orbit. Modular stations are currently preferred due to lower costs and greater flexibility.[64][65]
A space station is a complex vehicle that must incorporate many interrelated subsystems, including structure, electrical power, thermal control,
Orbit and purpose
Materials
Space stations are made from durable materials that have to weather
The International Space Station has a single inflatable module, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, which was installed in April 2016 after being delivered to the ISS on the SpaceX CRS-8 resupply mission.[67][68] This module, based on NASA research in the 1990s, weighed 1,400 kilograms (3,100 lb) and was transported while compressed before being attached to the ISS by the space station arm and inflated to provide a 16 cubic metres (21 cu yd) volume. Whilst it was initially designed for a 2 year lifetime it was still attached and being used for storage in August 2022.[69][70]
Construction
- Salyut 1 - first space station, launched in 1971
- Skylab - launched in a single launch in May 1973
- Mir - first modular space station assembled in orbit
- International Space Station - modular space station assembled in orbit
- Tiangong space station - Chinese space station
Habitability
The space station environment presents a variety of challenges to human habitability, including short-term problems such as the limited supplies of air, water, and food and the need to manage waste heat, and long-term ones such as weightlessness and relatively high levels of ionizing radiation. These conditions can create long-term health problems for space-station inhabitants, including muscle atrophy, bone deterioration, balance disorders, eyesight disorders, and elevated risk of cancer.[71]
Future
Molds that develop aboard space stations can produce acids that degrade metal, glass, and rubber. Despite an expanding array of molecular approaches for detecting microorganisms, rapid and robust means of assessing the differential viability of the microbial cells, as a function of phylogenetic lineage, remain elusive.[73]
Power
Like uncrewed spacecraft close to the Sun, space stations in the inner
Life support
Space station air and water is brought up in spacecraft from Earth before being recycled. Supplemental oxygen can be supplied by a solid fuel oxygen generator.[75]
Communications
Occupation
Space stations have harboured so far the only long-duration direct human presence in space. After the first station,
Operations
Resupply and crew vehicles
Many spacecraft are used to dock with the space stations. Soyuz flight T-15 in March to July 1986 was the first and as of 2016, only spacecraft to visit two different space stations, Mir and Salyut 7.[77]
International Space Station
The International Space Station has been supported by many different spacecraft.
- Future
- Current
- Northrop Grumman Cygnus (2013–present)[84][85]
- Roscosmos Progress (multiple variants) (2000–present)[86][87]
- Energia Soyuz (multiple variants) (2001–present)[88][89]
- SpaceX Dragon 2 (2020–present)[90][91]
- Retired
- Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) (2008-2015)[92][93]
- H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) (2009-2020)[94][95]
- Space Shuttle (1998-2011)[96][97]
- SpaceX Dragon 1 (2012-2020)[98][99]
Tiangong space station
The Tiangong space station is supported by the following spacecraft:
Tiangong program
The Tiangong program relied on the following spacecraft.
Mir
The Mir space station was in orbit from 1986 to 2001 and was supported and visited by the following spacecraft:
- Roscosmos Progress (multiple variants) (1986-2000)[106][107] - An additional Progress spacecraft was used in 2001 to deorbit Mir.[108][109]
- Energia Soyuz (multiple variants) (1986-2000)[77][110]
- Space Shuttle (1995-1998)[111][112]
Skylab
- Apollo command and service module (1973-1974)[113][114]
Salyut programme
- Energia Soyuz (multiple variants) (1971–1986)[110][115]
Docking and berthing
Maintenance
Research
Research conducted on the Mir included the first long term space based ESA research project EUROMIR 95 which lasted 179 days and included 35 scientific experiments.[116]
During the first 20 years of operation of the International Space Station, there were around 3,000 scientific experiments in the areas of biology and biotech, technology development, educational activities, human research, physical science, and Earth and space science.[117][118]
Materials research
Space stations provide a useful platform to test the performance, stability, and survivability of materials in space. This research follows on from previous experiments such as the Long Duration Exposure Facility, a free flying experimental platform which flew from April 1984 until January 1990.[119][120]
- Mir Environmental Effects Payload (1996-1997)[121][122]
- Materials International Space Station Experiment (2001–present)[123][124]
Human research
Botany
Space tourism
On the
Finance
As it currently costs on average $10,000 to $25,000 per kilogram to launch anything into orbit, space stations remain the exclusive province of government space agencies, which are primarily funded via
Legacy
Technology spinoffs
International cooperation and economy
Cultural impact
Space settlement
See also
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- Ivanovich, Grujica S. (July 7, 2008). Salyut: the first space station: triumph and tragedy. Praxis. p. 426. ISBN 978-0-387-73585-6.
- Neri Vela, Rodolfo (1990). Manned space stations" Their construction, operation and potential application. Paris: European Space Agency SP-1137. ISBN 978-92-9092-124-0.
External links
- Read Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports regarding Space Stations
- ISS - on Russian News Agency TASS Official Infographic(in English)
- "Giant Doughnut Purposed as Space Station", Popular Science, October 1951, pp. 120–121; article on the subject of space exploration and a space station orbiting earth
Further reading
- Baker, David (2015). International Space Station : 1998-2011 (all stages) : an insight into the history, development, collaboration, production and role of the permanently manned earth-orbiting complex. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset. )