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• space-age
  space-age

  adjective

  pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.
• Space Age
  Space Age

  noun

  the period in modern history characterized by space exploration, usually considered as beginning October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, into orbit around the earth.
• space age
  space age

  noun

  the period in which the exploration of space has become possible

space-age

¹ American  

[speys-eyj] / ˈspeɪsˌeɪdʒ /

adjective

1. pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.

2. using the latest or most advanced technology or design.

3. modern; up-to-date; forward-looking.

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Space Age ² American  

Or space age

noun

1. the period in modern history characterized by space exploration, usually considered as beginning October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, into orbit around the earth.

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space age British  

noun

1. the period in which the exploration of space has become possible

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adjective

1. (usually prenominal) futuristic or ultramodern, esp when suggestive of space technology

Etymology

Origin of space-age

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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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

Instead of spending his offseasons doing space-age training regimens, he goes home to Serbia and tends to his horses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

He plays space-age chess with precision; he moves slowly, steadily, technically.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025

Los Angeles has Frank Gehry’s glorious Walt Disney Concert Hall, the space-age wonder of the LAX Theme Building and the stack-of-vinyl needle drop that is the Capitol Records building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 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

In total, humans have launched about 17,000 tonnes of objects into space since the Space Age began in 1957.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

A big lesson since Sputnik launched the Space Age is that we are Earthlings to the core.

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

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

Indeed, and rather extraordinarily, we would be well into the space age before anyone could plausibly account for where all the Earth’s old rocks went.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson