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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

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

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

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

When travelers enter Dulles International Airport, they pass through a time capsule from the Space Age.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

To perfect Fanning’s Space Age skin makeup, department head Erin Ayanian used a sparkly, turquoise cream eye shadow, bought in bulk since it came in tiny containers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

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

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

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

The others consider color in motion, space age abstraction, optics and experimental film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 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

Prizes included "space age" alarm clocks, a two-way intercom set, and for first prize winners, a "futuristic radio".

From BBC ● May 3, 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