Kechuajuan Space Station

The Kechuajuan Space Station (KSS; 케추아주 우주정거장), colloquially known from its initials as Kewujeong (케우정), is a  (habitable ) in. The KSS programme is a national collaborative project between the Kechuajuan Space Administration and the station's shareholders, which are primarily based in Kechuaju and in Jeongmi. The ownership of the space station is attributed to the Kechuajuan government, although its use is established by intercorporate treaties and agreements.

The KSS serves as a and  research laboratory in which experiments are conducted in, , ,  and other fields. It is regularly visible to the from Tiandi's surface and  with an average altitude of 200 km (124 mi) by means of jaemineun (재미는; "") using the engines of the Sinang Service Module or those of visiting spacecraft. The station is interchangeably serviced by two visiting spacecraft from Kechuaju (Yeoubi-10 and Hallpami-10) and one from Jeongmi (Yeondae-6). The station is reportedly not yet suited for possible future long-duration missions to.

The first KSS component was launched in 2000, with first long-term residents (Expedition 1) arriving on 11 December 2002. Since then, the station has been occupied with incremental pauses for 15 years and 156 days total (as of 6 June 2020). The latest major pressurised module was fitted in 2011, with an experimental added in 2016. The KSS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses,, , , experiment bays and robotic arms. Other KSS modules have been launched by Yeoubi-class.

As of June 2020, 83 astronauts, cosmonauts, and from 7 different nations have visited the space station, many of them multiple times. Kechuaju has sent fourty people, Jeongmi sent sixteen, twelve were Fusenese, nine Viet, three Hwasanese, two Sansiaonese and one Shojinese.