Space Station V was the largest orbital structure ever built as of 2001. It is a large, international, rotating wheel space station, used as a transfer point from Earth orbit to the moon and other planets. It featured an orbital hotel, run by Hilton Hotels; a Howard Johnson's restaurant; lounge areas; and picturephone booths.
One of the lounges inside Space Station V.
The spinning of the station generates artificial gravity, equal to about that of the moon's gravity. This gave travelers from Earth a chance to acclimatize to the low gravity.
Space Station V has two docking bays on either side of the rotational axis of the station. By 1999, the station is still under construction. The first wheel has been completed, and a second wheel is being constructed.
Dr. Heywood Floyd visited Space Station V in 1999 on his way to Clavius Base.