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A '''space station''' is a scientific laboratory inhabited by humans that orbits around the [[Earth]].   

A '''space station''' is a scientific laboratory inhabited by humans that orbits around the [[Earth]].   

Currently the only operational space station is the [[International Space Station]] (ISS), although the space program of the USSR, and later the Russians had 6 Salyut Stations, and later the station [[Mir]].  The American Space Program put aloft [[Skylab]] in 1973 atop the last Saturn V rocket, and was serviced from the same command modules as were used in [[Project Apollo]].  Skylab orbited the earth until 1979 although the last manned flight was in 1974.

Currently the only operational space station is the [[International Space Station]] (ISS), although the space program of the USSR, and later the Russians had 6 Salyut Stations, and later the station Mir.  The American Space Program put aloft [[Skylab]] in 1973 atop the last Saturn V rocket, and was serviced from the same command modules as were used in [[Project Apollo]].  Skylab orbited the earth until 1979 although the last manned flight was in 1974.

In science fiction, space stations have been used extensively, including [[Star Trek]]: Deep Space 9, Babylon 5 as well as in many novels.   

In science fiction, space stations have been used extensively, including [[Star Trek]]: Deep Space 9, Babylon 5 as well as in many novels.   

[[Category:Space Exploration]]

[[Category:Space Exploration]]