1982 : NASA ISSUES SPACE STATION STUDY CONTRACTS

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NASA regarded a permanently manned space station as the next “logical step” in manned spaceflight after the Space Shuttle entered service in April 1981. The agency formed a Space Station Task Force in May 1982 to study possible user requirements. In August 1992, NASA awarded eight $1-million study contracts to Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas, TRW, Rockwell, Grumman,General Dynamics/Convair and Martin Marietta. The contractors reported back in March 1983.