Space Station Freedom program

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United States space program canceled NASA space station program space station program

The Space Station Freedom program was a canceled NASA-led initiative from the 1980s–1990s to build a permanently crewed U.S. space station in low Earth orbit, whose plans and technologies were later folded into the International Space Station.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Space Station Freedom	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States space program ⓘ canceled NASA space station program ⓘ space station program ⓘ
announcedBy	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
announcedIn	1984 State of the Union Address ⓘ
cancellationReason	budget constraints ⓘ changing political priorities ⓘ high projected cost ⓘ programmatic restructuring at NASA ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designFeature	attached free-flying platforms (planned) ⓘ habitation modules ⓘ logistics and resupply modules ⓘ modular space station architecture ⓘ pressurized laboratory modules ⓘ solar power arrays ⓘ truss-based structure ⓘ
fundingSource	United States government ⓘ surface form: U.S. federal government
goal	construction of a permanently crewed space station in low Earth orbit ⓘ establish long-duration human presence in low Earth orbit ⓘ
includedElement	Columbus laboratory (ESA contribution, then called Columbus) ⓘ Kibo laboratory ⓘ surface form: Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Mobile Servicing System ⓘ surface form: Mobile Servicing System (Canada)
internationalPartner	Canada ⓘ European Space Agency ⓘ Japan ⓘ
legacy	designs and hardware incorporated into the International Space Station ⓘ influenced ISS U.S. laboratory module design ⓘ influenced ISS truss and power system design ⓘ
managedBy	Johnson Space Center ⓘ surface form: NASA Johnson Space Center
operator	NASA ⓘ
orbitType	low Earth orbit ⓘ
outcome	program canceled and restructured into the International Space Station program ⓘ
plannedCrew	permanently crewed ⓘ
plannedLaunchVehicle	Space Shuttle ⓘ
plannedUse	Earth observation ⓘ life sciences research ⓘ materials science research ⓘ microgravity research ⓘ space operations testbed ⓘ technology development ⓘ
politicalSupporter	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
programType	civilian space program ⓘ
relatedTo	International Space Station program ⓘ surface form: International Space Station
scientificDiscipline	human spaceflight ⓘ space engineering ⓘ
spaceAgency	NASA ⓘ
spaceStationName	Space Station Freedom program self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Space Station Freedom
startContext	Reagan administration ⓘ
status	canceled ⓘ
successor	International Space Station program ⓘ
timePeriod	1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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International Space Station program → predecessor → Space Station Freedom program ⓘ

Space Station Freedom program → spaceStationName → Space Station Freedom program self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Space Station Freedom