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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~Deep_space_9_6340~~Deep space 9 6340.jpg\|link=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine\|right]] {{quote\|"''[[That's No Moon]] - it's a space station!''""\|'''[[Eccentric Mentor\|Ben Kenobi]]''', [[Star Wars]] [[A New Hope\|Episode IV: A New Hope]]}} Line 10: ---- === Fictional examples : === Please keep these to stations that play a major part in the plot of a show or movie. This trope is pretty much ubiquitous in [[Speculative Fiction]], of all levels on the [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness]]. Line 103: * These are implied to exist in the universe of [[Nexus Gate]] though none have been officially named. === [[Real Life]] Examples : === == USSR == Line 110: Salyut 2/OPS-1 (1973): An Almaz station. Depressurised on launch after being hit by debris from the Proton launcher, followed by an unknown explosion that destroyed the solar panels less than two weeks after reaching orbit. No attempts to visit. Salyut 3/OPS-2 (1974-5): Only had one crew visit. The only Almaz mission to actually do anything military related, it shot off its gun and destroyed a couple of satellites. Salyut 4/DOS-4 (~~1974-77~~1974–77): Twin to the failed and disowned (from the Salyut program) Kosmos 557/DOS-3. Mounted one solar telescope and two x-ray telescopes, used for deep-space observation. Salyut 5/OPS-3 (~~1976-77~~1976–77): The last Almaz station. First crew forced to return early after psychological problems surfaced in the crew. Second crew failed to dock, and third crew conducted scientific studies. Salyut 6/DOS-5 (~~1977-82~~1977–82): First of the second-generation stations, and the first to mount two docking ports to allow resupply while a crew was already aboard. Also demonstrated the viability of in-situ modular station construction when the automated TKS logistics module was successfully docked by remote after the last crew departed, paving the way for Mir and the ISS. Salyut 7/DOS-6 (~~1982-91~~1982–91): Originally the back-up module in case Salyut 6 failed, refurbished and launched due to delays in Mir. System failure led to the batteries failing to charge between crews, forcing an on-site repair after manual docking. Served as a testbed and experimental platform for several Mir technologies. * Mir (1986-2001): "Peace". This included a core module (DOS-7) that could take four other modules on one end, with another (Kvant) attached on the other end. Later became capable of having the Space Shuttle dock through the use of a universal adapter. One of those modules, Spektr, was rendered unusable after a crew member, attempting to remotely dock an unmanned cargo craft, instead crashed into it, nearly killing everyone on board. First permanently manned station. * Polyus<ref>"Pole"</ref> (1987): A planned Almaz station, carrying a CO<sub>2</sub> laser designed for anti-satellite warfare. Launched upside down due to space restrictions in the Energia, the intention was to yaw the station 180 degrees before firing rockets to place it in permanent orbit, but a failure in the inertial guidance system caused the maneuvering jets to rotate the craft 360 degrees, sending it careening into the atmosphere over the South Pacific. Line 119: == US == * [[wikipedia:Manned Orbital Laboratory\|Manned Orbital Laboratory]] (1963-1969) A proposed all-military station that was essentially to be a manned spy satellite. Test vehicles were launched and astronauts were trained, but [[What Could Have Been\|the project was cancelled]] due to cost overruns and the fact that unmanned satellites had become cheaper and more reliable. Several of the MOL astronauts transferred to the NASA astronaut program and flew in the [[Space Shuttle]]. * Skylab (~~1973-79~~1973–79): NASA's only self-launched and operated space station, operated from 1973-1974. During its launch one of its main solar wings and the main sunshade was torn off, and the second wing was jammed against the side of the hull by a metal strap, resulting in a loss of power and dangerously high internal temperatures. The first crew sent there was able to release the remaining wing and erect a sunshade that brought temperatures back to survivable levels. Plans were floated to bring Skylab back into functional status for several years, but NASA was ultimately convinced that the Shuttle would not be operational in time to return to Skylab before its orbit decayed too far to recover. Deorbited in 1979, it was replaced by the Spacelab attachment for the Shuttle Orbiter. Debris from the station landed in the Shire of Esperance, Australia, which responded by issuing a [[Refuge in Audacity\|$400 fine for littering]] to the US government. == China == * Tiangong<ref>"Heavenly Palace"</ref> 1 (~~2011-present~~2011–present): Recently launched by China, it is a testbed for the Chinese space program to develop their docking and rendezvous capabilities. The station is scheduled to be visited by two manned missions in 2012, and more elaborate stations (Tiangong 2 and 3) are scheduled to be launched in 2013 and 2015. == International == * ISS (~~1998-present~~1998–present): Biggest one yet built and not yet finished. Core consists of components from the planned Russian station Mir-2 (Zarya FGB and Zvezda Service Module) and American station Freedom (Integrated Truss Structure). ** [http://heavens-above.com/ If you want to see where it currently is, go here] Line 131: * Bigelow Aerospace Genesis series. These stations are based on NASA's TransHab design for an inflatable space station or moonbase (you heard me right). Thus far, they have been crewed by no organism more complex than a cockroach. Genesis I (~~2006-present~~2006–present) ** Genesis II (~~2007-present~~2007–present) {{reflist}}

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