Space Station America

Space Station America was a NASA project to construct a permanently crewed Earth-orbiting space station in the 1980s. Approved by then-president William Morgan and announced in the 1988 State of the Union address, America was constructed over a period of six years (1989-1995) to replace the aging Earth Skylab station. Since 1995, the station has seen some considerable retrofitting and expansion and is currently the oldest active space station.
Space Station America played host to a number of multinational collaborative efforts involving four participating civilian space agencies: NASA (United States), JASA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).
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Category:United States
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