pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.
using the latest or most advanced technology or design.
modern; up-to-date; forward-looking.
First recorded in 1955–60
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The designs, including silky dresses and billowing space-age black trousers like those worn by rock star David Bowie in the 1970s, were carefully fitted to the robots' skeletal frames.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
He plays space-age chess with precision; he moves slowly, steadily, technically.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
Brandon Stirling Baker’s lighting, with its dominant halation of white, also has a space-age aura.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
“I just don’t like them,” she says, describing many as “massive, space-age blobs” in white boucle that don’t fit most spaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
But the shift in attitude and in public responsibility at the laboratory were as distinct in character as the golden age of aeronautics of the 1950s would be from the space-age 1960s.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
We’re in a new phase of the Space Age.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
This car was part of the new Space Age, when cars were designed to be “out of this world.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Musk’s vision of the future is all about bringing AI into the physical world—a Jetsons-style Space Age.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2025
But human culture has become vastly more sophisticated, from the Stone Age to the Space Age, as new advances have been incorporated.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
With those words, on the evening of October 4, 1957, NBC radio announced the start of the Space Age.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Gurr created the initial design, a “Buck Rogers”-inspired space age vehicle, as Gurr wanted it to feel sleek and ready for liftoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
In a post today on X, Isaacman expressed his honor at the nomination and states that “this second space age has only just begun.”
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 4, 2024
But this new space age looks different to the one back then.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2024
He drew on his technical knowledge to interpret data from weather satellites launched in the emerging space age, and to explain the details of the illustrated weather systems he displayed on television.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2023
The space age and television were coming into their own at the same time.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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