Space habitat (facility)

A space habitat (or habitation module) in a basic sense is any facility providing shelter and fulfilling habitational purposes in outer space. It is not to be confused with an extended space settlement, an arrangement of or infrastructure for multiple habitation facilities, in the sense of a space settlement. Space stations or theoretical extraterrestrial stations, such as a moonbase or Mars habitat, include or are basic space habitats.^{[citation needed]}

The ISS was planned to get a now canceled dedicated Habitation Module.^[1]

Space tourism is driving the development of dedicated habitats in space. Axiom Station will be a commercial space station with dedicated habitat modules for the purpose of tourism and commercial research.^[2]

In particular, inflatable space habitats have been in development for decades. Based on the earlier NASA TransHab design,^[3] inflatable habitats have been developed and tested in orbit by the now inactive company Bigelow Aerospace.^[4]