space-age
adjective
pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.
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Space Age
Space Agenounthe 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
space agenounthe period in which the exploration of space has become possible
space-age
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[spays-ayj]
/ ˈspeɪsˌeɪdʒ /
adjective
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pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.
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using the latest or most advanced technology or design.
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modern; up-to-date; forward-looking.
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space age
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Etymology
Origin of space-age
First recorded in 1955–60
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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
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
Its previous star-studded and filmmaker-driven movies have struggled at theaters, including the 2024 spy comedy “Argylle” and space-age romantic comedy “Fly Me to the Moon,” starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 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
The visionaries of the early Space Age didn’t worry much about solar radiation, coronal mass ejections, galactic cosmic rays, psychological stress from isolation, and cost-benefit ratios.
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
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
Prizes included "space age" alarm clocks, a two-way intercom set, and for first prize winners, a "futuristic radio".
From BBC ● May 3, 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
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