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Space stations

Four space stations have carried crews: Skylab, Mir, the International Space Station and China’s Tiangong. Start with the International Space Station for its modules, its expeditions and the people who lived on board.

  • 4crewed space stations so far
  • 74ISS long-stay expeditions
  • 10,209days the ISS has been in orbit
  • 5,511days Mir was in orbit

4 stations

International Space Station20 November 1998In orbit10,20921419,725
Mir19 February 1986Brought down 20015,5117129,700
Tiangong space station29 April 2021In orbit2,0133100,000
Skylab14 May 1973Brought down 19792,249076,295

How long each has been up

Days in orbit, from first module to the end (or today)Days
05,00010,00015,000Mir5,511ISS10,209Skylab2,249Tiangong2,01305,00010,00015,0005,51110,2092,2492,013MirISSSkylabTiangong02,5005,0007,50010,00012,5005,51110,2092,2492,013MirISSSkylabTiangong02,5005,0007,50010,00012,5005,51110,2092,2492,013MirISSSkylabTiangong02,5005,0007,50010,00012,5005,51110,2092,2492,013MirISSSkylabTiangong

Source: Wikidata (CC0), pulled 2026-11-02 Download the data (CSV)

Counted from the launch of the first module. Skylab's end date is when it re-entered.

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Days in orbit, from first module to the end (or today)
StationDays in orbit
Mir5,511
ISS10,209
Skylab2,249
Tiangong2,013

Wikidata has no end date for Mir or Skylab, so we use the operators’ own dates: Mir was brought down on 23 March 2001 and Skylab re-entered on 11 July 1979.

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0), checked against NASA