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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

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

It was designed by another of the Queen's couturiers, Hardy Amies, who later went on to create space-age get-ups for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, A Space Odyssey.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

The author must understand from firsthand experience a range of human societies, from hunter-gatherer societies to modern space-age civilizations.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

"There wasn't necessarily a massive amount of choice, but the choice was for these kind of bright space age tinsel decorations... the majority from Hong Kong," says Lucy, 45, from Birmingham.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 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

Meanwhile, Sony Pictures is releasing Apple’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” a space age rom-com starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2024

During Mr. Kelly’s year in space, age markers in his DNA known as telomeres grew longer — suggesting, surprisingly, that he had become biologically younger.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2024

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