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There is a body of films that feature space stations. Science fiction films are the most popular genre to have featured both real-life space stations such as the International Space Station and Mir as well as fictional ones such as the Death Star and the Satellite of Love.

List of films

Non-documentary films involving direct use of a real space station as a plot

Films involving indirect use of a real space station or partially fictionalized space station as a plot

Films involving use of a fully fictionalized space station as a plot

Notes

A. Partially fictionalized meaning either directly based on a heavily studied real concept/station (e.g. the S-IVB Orbital Workshop in Marooned), or an extension of an existing modern station (e.g. the World Space Station in Mission to Mars being an extension of the International Space Station.)

See also

The following films also include spacecraft that have also been called space stations by outside sources:

• Silent Running (1972), which features the space freighter Valley Forge
• The Fifth Element (1997), which features the space liner Fhloston Paradise
• WALL-E (2008), which features the generation ship Axiom

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External links

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List of space stations List of commercial space stations
Current	International Space Station (ISS) Tiangong space station (TSS)
Past	Russia / Soviet Union Salyut Salyut 1 DOS-2 Salyut 2 Cosmos 557 Salyut 3 Salyut 4 Salyut 5 Salyut 6 Salyut 7 Mir United States OPS 0855 Skylab China Tiangong program Tiangong-1 Tiangong-2 Private Genesis I II
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In development	Russia Russian Orbital Service Station Private Axiom Station Haven-1 Orbital Reef Starlab International Lunar Gateway
Proposed	Bharatiya Antariksha Station Japanese Space Station Module (Mitsui) Lunar Orbital Station Voyager Station
Concepts	Bernal sphere Bishop Ring McKendree cylinder O'Neill cylinder Rotating wheel Space settlement Stanford torus Wet workshop
Related	List of films featuring space stations Space stations and habitats in fiction Mission to Mir (1997 documentary) Space Station 3D (2002 documentary) Orphans of Apollo (2008 documentary) Space Tourists (2009 documentary) A Beautiful Planet (2016 documentary)
Notes: † Never inhabited due to launch or on-orbit failure, ‡ Part of the Almaz military program, ° Never inhabited, lacks docking mechanism.

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