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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  

[spays-ayj] / 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

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Example Sentences

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Next, an interior shot, sweeping across a gleaming white room occupied by sleek screens and glass-domed beds, space-age Sleeping Beauty contraptions.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

First impressions had me doubting my decision: Unfinished plywood lined the cramped elevator and my room—a snug, white space-age capsule—looked like it had emerged from a 3-D printer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

“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

“We use stone-age brains with space-age technology, and that can lead to trouble,” said Daniel E. Lieberman, an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

The environmental movement gained strength in tandem with 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

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

Military work in Space is nothing new, and has been happening since the dawn of the space age in the 1950s.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The vision of a utopian domestic future took a strange turn during the Cold War, marrying the breathless excitement of the space age with the existential dread of nuclear annihilation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

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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