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Space station

A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft which remains in orbit and hosts humans for extended periods of time. It is therefore an artificial satellite featuring habitation facilities. The purpose of maintaining a space station varies depending on the program. Most often space stations have been research stations, but they have also served…

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Space station

Nodes153
Edges152
Triples171
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013072
Components1

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Space station

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related to Early concepts · 17
Space station → Braun, Collier's Weekly, Conceptualized, Earth, Edward Everett Hale's, Herman Potočnik's The Problem, Hermann Oberth, However, In, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, No, Potočnik's, Second World War, Space Travel, The, The Brick Moon, Wernher
related to External links · 14
Space station → CRS, English, Giant Doughnut Purposed, ISS, October, Official Infographic, Popular Science, Read Congressional Research Service, Reports, Roscosmos TV, Russian, Russian News Agency TASS, Space StationsISS, The
related to Occupation · 14
Space station → After, As, ISS, Long-duration, Mir, Salyut, Skylab, Soyuz, Space, STS-127, The, The ISS, Uninterrupted, Valeri Polyakov
related to Salyut, Almaz and Skylab · 14
Space station → After, Each, Early, In, ISS, Mir, Salyut, Skylab, Soviet, Soviet Union, The, The Almaz, Tiangong-1, Tiangong-2
related to First advances and precursors · 13
Space station → Apollo, April, Convair, Early, Earth, Kennedy, Manned Astronomical Research Station, Project Olympus, The, The Apollo, The Project Olympus, Vostok, While
related to International Space Station · 12
Space station → Connections, ISS, Proton, ROS, Russian Orbital Segment, The, The ISS, The Russian, The Russian Orbital Segment's, US Orbital Segment, USOS, Zarya
related to Materials · 12
Space station → April, August, Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, ISS, Kevlar, NASA, Space, SpaceX CRS-8, The International Space Station, They, This, Whilst
related to Further reading · 9
Space station → Baker, David, Haynes Manual, International Space Station, ISBN, OCLC, Somerset, Sparkford, Yeovil
related to Research · 7
Space station → During, Earth, ESA, EUROMIR, International Space Station, Mir, Research
related to Resupply and crew vehicles · 7
Space station → July, Many, March, Mir, Salyut, Soyuz, T-15

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space station stations first iss salyut mir launched orbit two docking crew spacecraft research module orbital program international human modular

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Space stationis acomplex vehicle that must incorporate many interrelated subsystems0.90text
Kevlar as a ballistics shield protection.The International Space Stationinstance ofwith layers of insulation0.80text
the limited supplies of airinstance ofincluding short-term problems0.80text
waterinstance ofincluding short-term problems0.80text
and foodinstance ofincluding short-term problems0.80text
the need to manage waste heatinstance ofincluding short-term problems0.80text
and long-term ones such as weightlessnessinstance ofincluding short-term problems0.80text
relatively high levels of ionizing radiationinstance ofincluding short-term problems0.80text
the Long Duration Exposure Facilityinstance ofThis research follows on from previous experiments0.80text
a free flying experimental platform which flew from April 1984 until January 1990.Mir Environmental Effects Payloadinstance ofThis research follows on from previous experiments0.80text
Space stationhas impactThe0.60section
Space stationhas impactEdward Everett Hale's0.60section

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