planeedi (seni Maa) ümber tiirlev pikka aega töötav piloteeritav ning pidevalt või ajuti mehitatud ja põkkamist võimaldav kosmoseobjekt
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varem kasutati samas tähenduses terminit orbitaaljaam
several manned modules and/or unmanned platforms, launched separately, but joined together to form a base which permits a permanent presence in space for exploration and exploitation of the environment
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Not to be confused with space station [ IATE:1475545 ], which is an orbiting radio-communication station.
In 1923, Hermann Oberth, a Romanian, coined the term “spacestation.” Oberth’s station was the starting point for flights to the Moon and Mars. Herman Noordung, an Austrian, published the first space station blueprint in 1928. Like today’s International Space Station, it had modules with different functions. Both men wrote that space station parts would be launched into space by rockets.
