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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

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

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

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025

An ensemble of eight, dressed in trim, lightly metallic costuming of neutral tones, tells of space-age men and women, with Emily Kikta and Preston Chamblee centrally featured, as their limbs take them through automaton-like moves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

“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