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A space habitat is a facility providing shelter and fulfilling habitational purposes in outer space. No space habitat has yet been constructed beyond Earth orbit, but many companies are working on new technologies to turn this science fiction into reality. Under a public-private partnership model, NASA is working with commercial space companies on advanced habitation concept studies.

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