The Science of Space Stations: Humanity in Space

On part 3 of our new Humanity in Space series, dive into the history and science behind the modern space station. Space stations were first conceived in science fiction, but fiction became reality with the Russian Salyut program. Learn about the only space station to have a gun mounted on it, the success and failures of Skylab, and the new era of space stations that Mir ushered in, leading us into the modern-day.  

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