# Every space station in history

From Salyut 1, the world's first station, to Mir, the ISS and China's Tiangong: every crewed orbital station. Which one is the most legendary?

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- Apr 17, 2023 · kirill_netsurfer
- https://even.best/en/l/3009/every-space-station-in-history

## Top 12

1. **Salyut 1 (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The world's first space station.
2. **Skylab (1973)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first American station.
3. **Salyut 3 (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A military station of the Almaz series.
4. **Salyut 4 (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A science station with telescopes.
5. **Salyut 5 (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The last Almaz station.
6. **Salyut 6 (1977)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A station with two docking ports.
7. **Salyut 7 (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — From here Svetlana Savitskaya made her spacewalk.
8. **Mir (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first modular station, in service for 15 years.
9. **International Space Station (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Continuously inhabited since 2000.
10. **Tiangong-1 (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — China's first station.
11. **Tiangong-2 (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — China's second laboratory.
12. **Tiangong (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — China's large permanent station.

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