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*** Plus Spacestation K-7, which had a problem with Tribbles...
* [[MST3K|The Satellite of Love]]
* ''[[Blake's Seven
* ''Destination Space'' (1959). Pilot for a TV series that was never taken up. Involved a space station damaged by a meteorite and efforts to send a rescue mission.
* ''Earth II'' (1971). Another pilot for a never-filmed TV series about life on a large space station. The cast was led by Gary Lockwood of ''2001'' fame. The plot involved efforts to stop a nuclear weapon launched by the Chinese from reaching the station.
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** ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' also featured a moon base.
* ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze (TV)|Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' has the M-BUS, the headquarters for the Anti Zodiarts Union. It fires a beam of Cosmic Energy that enables [[Second Rider|Kamen Rider Meteor]] to transform.
* Many space stations of various shapes and sizes are shown in ''[[Andromeda]]''. The largest one is the Arcology, a massive space habitat filled with [[Technical Pacifists]]. The Arcology does have a [[Faster
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* Stations are one of the types of constructs that players can design and build in ''[[Star Ruler]]''. They can carry massive defensive weapons, function as a trading hub, orbital refinery, a dry dock, or any combination of the above. Typically placed in orbit around planets, but it's possible to tow them to a new position using a massive carrier, or by yanking it out of orbit with a tractor beam.
* Building them is a major part of playing ''[[Sins of a Solar Empire]]'', and they all have different specialized functions.
** The first [[Expansion Pack]] adds starbases, which can be built anywhere, not just in orbit of your planets. The Vasari starbases can even move around the area but lack [[Faster
* The first two acts of ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] II: The Sith Lords'' take place on two different space stations. Peragus was an asteroid facility, so it may or may not count. The Star Forge from the first game, however, definitely does.
* The orbiting space station in ''[[Cortex Command]]'', called a "Trade Star", plays a central part in the action. From this [[2-D Space|orbiting]] station, units and objects come down in drop ships, and units, objects, and gold goes back up. So far, it apparently has no weapons whatsoever that can affect the ground battle.
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* Skylab (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.
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