T-Minus: 10 space stations of the future

Image caption: A concept image of the Lunar Gateway. Image credit: NASA / Alberto Bertolin. Article by Kristin Houser. Freethink – August 30, 2024.

Space stations of the future

For more than 20 years, the International Space Station (ISS) has served as one of humanity’s few off-world homes, giving us a way to conduct groundbreaking research that wouldn’t have been possible on Earth’s surface. Today, China also has a crewed space station, and ten new stations are now in the works. In no particular order, here are the space stations that will ensure humans can continue to take advantage of the space environment long after the ISS is finally deorbited in 2030. […]

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