This article is about the American space station design from the 1980s. For the end result, see International Space Station.
"Space Station Alpha" redirects here. For the Bigelow Aerospace project, see Space Complex Alpha.
Freedom
Artist's rendition by Tom Buzbee of the proposed Space Station Freedom design as of early 1991. An annotated version of this image is also available.
Station statistics
Crew
4
Mission status
Project converted into International Space Station
Pressurized volume
878 m3 (31,000 cu ft)
Periapsis altitude
400 km (250 mi)
Apoapsis altitude
400 km (250 mi)
Orbital inclination
28.5 deg
Space Station Freedom was a NASA project to construct a permanently crewed Earth-orbiting space station in the 1980s. Although approved by then-president Ronald Reagan and announced in the 1984 State of the Union address, Freedom was never constructed or completed as originally designed, and after several cutbacks, the project evolved into the International Space Station program.
Space Station Freedom was a multinational collaborative project involving four participating space agencies: NASA (United States), NASDA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).
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