International Space Station Russian space station called OPSEK. The ISS is the ninth space station to be inhabited by crews, following the Soviet and later Russian "Salyut", "Almaz", and "Mir" stations as well as "Skylab" from the US. The station has been continuously occupied for since the arrival of Expedition 1 on 2 November 2000. This is the longest continuous human presence in low Earth orbit, having surpassed the previous record of held by "Mir". It has been visited by astronauts, cosmonauts and space tourists from 17 different nations. After the American Space Shuttle programme ended in 2011, Soyuz rockets became the only
Earth Orbit Stations Earth Orbit Stations E.O.S.: Earth Orbit Stations is a space station management simulation game developed by Karl Buiter, with Joe Ybarra as producer, for Electronic Arts. It was released for the Commodore 64 and Apple II in 1987. The game focuses on both the material and economic challenges of building a permanent, fully functioning space station in geocentric orbit. The game was set in 1996, and the player is given various selected scenarios to fulfill, from mundane tasks such as setting up a simple space station to developing and supplying a specified amount of high-grade, zero G pharmaceuticals to being