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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

Brandon Stirling Baker’s lighting, with its dominant halation of white, also has a space-age aura.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Los Angeles has Frank Gehry’s glorious Walt Disney Concert Hall, the space-age wonder of the LAX Theme Building and the stack-of-vinyl needle drop that is the Capitol Records building.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

Of course, I look at his shoes, and I have to admit they’re worth admiring—bright red basketball lace-ups with these space-age foam soles.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila