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177:man-rated module. Sometime after 2004, the two
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520:International Space Station (ISS)
504:List of commercial space stations
331:Aviation Week via Spaceflight Now
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722:Bigelow Commercial Space Station
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882:Russian Orbital Service Station
431:Bigelow, Robert (2007-08-13).
171:pathfinders and the full size
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1118:Cancelled American spacecraft
351:David, Leonard (2006-07-21).
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949:Bharatiya Antariksha Station
737:Exploration Gateway Platform
525:Tiangong space station (TSS)
401:Knapp, George (2007-08-17).
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1113:Cancelled space stations
499:List of space stations
433:"Special Announcement"
959:Lunar Orbital Station
298:"Developing a Galaxy"
437:BigelowAerospace.com
302:BigelowAerospace.com
710:Individual projects
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1077:(2016 documentary)
1074:A Beautiful Planet
1069:(2009 documentary)
1061:(2008 documentary)
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327:"Bigelow's Gamble"
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660:Tiangong-2
655:Tiangong-1
579:Cosmos 557
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387:2007-06-30
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337:2007-08-19
312:2007-12-20
278:References
168:Genesis II
144:vehicles.
136:design by
789:Sundancer
778:FlexCraft
773:Skylab II
382:Space.com
357:Space.com
252:(ECLSS).
222:Sundancer
188:Sundancer
162:Genesis I
973:Concepts
942:Proposed
837:Columbus
829:Columbus
784:Skylab B
703:Canceled
629:OPS 0855
604:Salyut 7
599:Salyut 6
594:Salyut 5
589:Salyut 4
584:Salyut 3
574:Salyut 2
564:Salyut 1
550:Russia /
261:See also
238:avionics
179:Guardian
157:Guardian
134:TransHab
118:American
109:Guardian
76:Diameter
63:Canceled
55:Unmanned
1024:Related
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903:Haven-1
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228:Systems
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