# list of films featuring space stations ![[thestationpicturedfromthespacexcrewdragon5(cropped).jpg|300]] the international space station has been featured in several films including challenge yolki 5 gravity the day after tomorrow love a beautiful planet and space station 3d there is a body of films that feature space stations. science fiction films are the most popular genre to have featured both real-life space stations such as the international space station and mir as well as fictional ones such as the death star and the satellite of love # # non-documentary films involving direct use of a real space station as a plot element film: release year: space station: spacecraft transporting the crew: spacecraft transporting the filming equipment: cast aboard the space station during production: time aboard on space station during production: time shot on space station during production return from orbit: 1984: salyut 7: soyuz t-9: soyuz t-9: vladimir lyakhov (astronaut) - aleksandr aleksandrov (astronaut): 27 june - 23 november 1983 (149 days 10 hours 45 minutes): unknown apogee of fear: 2012: international space station: soyuz tma-13/tma-12/sts-124: soyuz tma-13/tma-12: yuri lonchakov (astronaut) - michael fincke (astronaut) - greg chamitoff (astronaut) - richard garriott (director): 14 - 24 october 2008 (11 days 20 hours 35 minutes): 8 minutes yolki 5: 2016: international space station: soyuz tma-16m/tma-18m: soyuz tma-16m/tma-18m/soyuz ms-02: mikhail kornienko (astronaut): 27 june - 23 november 1983 (340 days 10 hours 45 minutes): 3-4 minutes soyuz ms-02: soyuz ms-02: andrey borisenko (astronaut): 21 october 2016 - 10 april 2017 the challenge (vyzov): 2023: international space station: soyuz ms-19/18: progress ms-17/soyuz ms-18: anton shkaplerov (cosmonaut) - oleg novitsky (cosmonaut) - pyotr dubrov (cosmonaut) - klim shipenko (director) - yulia peresild (actress) - mark t. vande hei (astronaut): 5 - 17 october 2021 (11 days 12 hours 52 minutes): 35-40 minutes:## films involving indirect use of a real space station or partially fictionalised space station as a plot element film: year: space station: notes armageddon: 1998: mir a beautiful planet: 2016: international space station contact: 1997: mir the day after tomorrow: 2004: international space station: modified from the finalised iss with some international segment modules removed but with the planned expansions to the russian segment included. gravity: 2013: international space station and tiangong-1 i.s.s.: 2024: international space station life: 2017: international space station: heavily modified to include additional pressurised modules love: 2011: international space station marooned: 1969: s-ivb orbital workshop: similar to wet workshop designs considered for skylab. mission to mars: 2000: world space station: appears to be the international space station modified to accommodate an artificial gravity ring. mission to mir: 1997: mir out of the present: 1995: mir salyut-7: 2017: salyut 7 searching for skylab: 2019: skylab space explorers: the iss experience: 2020: international space station space station 3d: 2002: international space station valerian and the city of a thousand planets: 2017: alpha (former international space station): incredibly modified to the point of near nonrecognition. the structure of the modern iss is only briefly seen in the opening montage.:## films involving use of a fully fictionalised space station as a plot element film: year: space station 51 degrees north: 2015 2001: a space odyssey: 1968: space station v 3022: 2019 ad astra: 2019: norwegian biomedical research space station aliens: 1986: gateway station alien: romulus: 2024: renaissance android: 1982: terraport station ulc-53 arena: 1989 assignment: outer space: 1960: zulu extra 34 cargo: 2009: station 42 the cloverfield paradox: 2018: cloverfield station conquest of space: 1955: the wheel the creator: 2023: u.s.s. nomad dante 01: 2008: dante 01 dark city: 1998: the city earth ii: 1971: earth ii elysium: 2013: elysium ender's garme: 2013: battle school enemy mine: 1985 event horizon: 1997: daylight space station fortress 2: re-entry: 2000 geostorm: 2017: international space station iv the green slime: 1968: gamma iii hellraiser: bloodline: 1996: minos interstellar: 2014: cooper station io: 2019 jason x: 2002: solaris research space station lockout: 2012: ms one macross: do you remember love?: 1984: sdf-1 moonraker: 1979 moonfall: 2022: unnamed spacex refueling station the marvels: 2023: s.a.b.r.e space station mutiny in outer space: 1965 mystery science theater 3000: the movie: 1996: satellite of love the noah's ark principle: 1984: florida arklab oblivion: 2013: the tet planet of the apes: 2001: oberon project moonbase: 1953 queen of outer space: 1958 rampage: 2018 red planet: 2000: high orbit space station / mars-1 robotech: the shadow chronicles: 2006: space station liberty rogue one: a star wars story: 2016: death star solaris: 1972: solaris station solaris: 2002: prometheus station space buddies: 2009: russian research space station (r.r.s.s) spacecamp: 1986: daedalus space station 76: 2014: omega 76 space station star crystal: 1986 star trek beyond: 2016: yorktown star trek: the motion picture: 1979: orbital office complex star trek ii: the wrath of khan: 1982: regula i star trek iii: the search for spock: 1984: earth spacedock star trek iv: the voyage home: 1986: earth spacedock star trek v: the final frontier: 1989: earth spacedock star trek vi: the undiscovered country: 1991: earth spacedock star wars: episode i - the phantom menace: 1999: droid control ship star wars: episode iii - revenge of the sith: 2005: death star star wars: episode iv - a new hope: 1977: death star star wars: episode vi - return of the jedi: 1983: death star ii starship troopers: 1997: ticonderoga starship troopers: invasion: 2012: fort casey stowaway: 2021 thunderbirds: 2004: thunderbird 5 thunderbird 6: 1968: thunderbird 5 tik tik tik: 2018 titan a.e.: 2000: salvage station tau 14 new bangkok war of the planets: 1966 zenon: girl of the 21st century: 1999 zenon: the zequel: 2001 zenon: z3: 2004 a. partially fictionalised meaning either directly based on a heavily studied real concept/station (eg the s-ivb orbital workshop in marooned) or an extension of an existing modern station (eg the world space station in mission to mars being an extension of the international space station.) some stations share the name of real space stations (eg the international space station iv in geostorm) but are otherwise unrelated these are in the "fully fictionalised" category the following films also include spacecraft that have also been called space stations by outside sources **+** silent running (1972) which features the space freighter valley forge **+** the fifth element (1997) which features the space liner fhloston paradise **+** wall-e (2008) which features the generation ship axiom **+** the wandering earth (2019) features the international space station- which despite its name follows the same interstellar trajectory of the aforementioned wandering earth **+** westfahl gary (2009.) islands in the sky: the space station theme in science fiction literature. borgo press. 56-8 // republic of bob