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It's the 1977 anthology The Best Science-Fiction Stories; 750 pages, black cover, edited by Michael Stapleton. As for the stories you mentioned:

1. "Let's Go to Golgotha! by Garry Kilworth:

2. "The Hibbie" by James Alexander:

3. "We Purchased People" by Frederik Pohl:

4a. "Survival" by John Wyndham. Not a space station but a rocket ship headed for Mars. There is a mishap and seemingly no hope of rescue (there is a rescue at the end). There is a woman passenger and the baby she gave birth to on the trip, but they are not dead; in the end they are the only survivors:

4b. "Transit of Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke was the answer to this old question. A solitary astronaut is stranded on Mars. No hope of rescue: check. The sense of being totally alone: check. But no space station, no floating off, no woman or baby.

4c. "Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury was the answer to this old question; you can listen to the Dimension X radio adaptation at the Internet Archive. Someone floating off into nothingness with no hope of rescue: check. The sense of being totally alone: check. No women or children though:

It's the 1977 anthology The Best Science-Fiction Stories; 750 pages, black cover, edited by Michael Stapleton. As for the stories you mentioned:

1. "Let's Go to Golgotha! by Garry Kilworth:

2. "The Hibbie" by James Alexander:

3. "We Purchased People" by Frederik Pohl:

4a. "Survival" by John Wyndham. Not a space station but a rocket ship headed for Mars. There is a mishap and seemingly no hope of rescue (there is a rescue at the end). There is a woman passenger and the baby she gave birth to on the trip, but they are not dead; in the end they are the only survivors:

4b. "Transit of Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke was the answer to this old question. A solitary astronaut is stranded on Mars. No hope of rescue: check. The sense of being totally alone: check. But no space station, no floating off, no woman or baby.

4c. "Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury was the answer to this old question; you can listen to the Dimension X radio adaptation at the Internet Archive. Someone floating off into nothingness with no hope of rescue: check. The sense of being totally alone: check. No women or children though:

4c. "Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury (NSFW) was the answer to this old question; you can listen to the Dimension X radio adaptation at the Internet Archive. Someone floating off into nothingness with no hope of rescue: check. The sense of being totally alone: check. No women or children though:

4c. "Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury was the answer to this old question; you can listen to the Dimension X radio adaptation at the Internet Archive. Someone floating off into nothingness with no hope of rescue: check. The sense of being totally alone: check. No women or children though:

4b. "Transit of Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke was the answer to this old question. A solitary astronaut is stranded on Mars. No hope of rescue: check. The sense of being totally alone: check. But no space station, no floating off, no woman or baby.

4c. "Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury (NSFW) was the answer to this old question; you can listen to the Dimension X radio adaptation at the Internet Archive. Someone floating off into nothingness with no hope of rescue: check. The sense of being totally alone: check. No women or children though:

4b. "Transit of Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke was the answer to this old question. A solitary astronaut is stranded on Mars. No hope of rescue: check. The sense of being totally alone: check. But no space station, no floating off, no woman or baby.

4c. "Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury (NSFW) was the answer to this old question; you can listen to the Dimension X radio adaptation at the Internet Archive. Someone floating off into nothingness with no hope of rescue: check. The sense of being totally alone: check. No women or children though: