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A rotating wheel space station, also known as a von Braun wheel, is a concept for a hypothetical wheel-shaped space station. Originally proposed by Herman Potočnik in 1929, [ 1 ] and popularized by Wernher von Braun in 1952.
Nautilus-X (Non-Atmospheric Universal Transport Intended for Lengthy United States Exploration) is a rotating wheel space station concept developed by engineers Mark Holderman and Edward Henderson of the Technology Applications Assessment Team of NASA.
As of 2024, no funding for the projects has been announced and construction of the stations has not started. The Voyager Space Station or Voyager Station (previously the Von Braun Station) [2] is a proposed rotating wheel space station, planned to start construction in 2026. The space station aims to be the first commercial space hotel. [3] [4]
A Bishop Ring [1] is a type of hypothetical rotating wheel space station originally proposed in 1997 by Forrest Bishop of the Institute of Atomic-Scale Engineering. [2] The concept is a smaller scale version of the Banks Orbital, which itself is a smaller version of the Niven ring. [3]
A McKendree cylinder is a type of hypothetical rotating space habitat originally proposed at NASA's Turning Goals into Reality conference in 2000 by NASA engineer Tom McKendree. [1] Like other space habitat designs, the cylinder would spin to produce artificial gravity by way of centrifugal force.
Artificial gravity space station. 1969 NASA concept. A drawback is that the astronauts would be moving between higher gravity near the ends and lower gravity near the center. In the context of a rotating space station, it is the radial force provided by the spacecraft's hull that acts as centripetal force.
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In 1929, Herman Potočnik's The Problem of Space Travel was published, the first to envision a "rotating wheel" space station to create artificial gravity. [3] Conceptualized during the Second World War , the " sun gun " was a theoretical orbital weapon orbiting Earth at a height of 8,200 kilometres (5,100 mi).