Abstract:The Soviet union/Russia,USA,Europe and Japan have successively developed manned spacecraft.Although they adopted different strategies and approaches,yet the general technological route is first to develop space laboratory which is simple and man-tended on a short-term basis,then to develop space station that is more complex,man-tended on a longer term and with multiple purposes.Since the modes of various countries in developing space laboratory(station) are very different,the achievements also make a big difference.Through analysis,induction and comparison on foreign technology development approaches of space laboratory(station),we can discover many useful experiences and lessons.There would be inspirations for development strategy and technology approaches of our space laboratory(station).