Space Station Freedom

Freedom
Space Station Freedom (1991 design)
Artist's rendition by Tom Buzbee of the proposed Space Station Freedom design as of early 1991. An annotated version of this image is also available.
Station statistics
Crew4
Mission statusProject converted into International Space Station
Pressurized volume878 m3 (31,000 cu ft)
Periapsis altitude400 km (250 mi)
Apoapsis altitude400 km (250 mi)
Orbital inclination28.5 deg

Space Station Freedom was a NASA project to construct a permanently crewed Earth-orbiting space station in the 1980s. Although approved by then-president Ronald Reagan and announced in the 1984 State of the Union address, Freedom was never constructed or completed as originally designed, and after several cutbacks, the project evolved into the International Space Station program.

Space Station Freedom was a multinational collaborative project involving four participating space agencies: NASA (United States), NASDA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).