Two Russian Companies Plan to Build a Commercial Space Station

Will there soon be another human destination in low Earth orbit, or is this a redundant pipe dream? Two Russian-based companies hope to build the first-ever commercial space station, named, fittingly, Commercial Space Station (CSS).


Having second space station in orbit will allow the crew of the International Space Station to leave the ISS ?if a required maintenance procedure or a real emergency were to occur, without the return of the ISS crew to Earth,? said Alexey Krasnov, Head of M [...]

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