pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.
using the latest or most advanced technology or design.
modern; up-to-date; forward-looking.
First recorded in 1955–60
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The contact was imperceptible to the naked eye, but a space-age sensor in the ball had confirmed it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 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
And from abandoned airfields, teams have made their bases into state-of-the-art design centers that look more like space-age command centers than old-school garages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
He plays space-age chess with precision; he moves slowly, steadily, technically.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
But the shift in attitude and in public responsibility at the laboratory were as distinct in character as the golden age of aeronautics of the 1950s would be from the space-age 1960s.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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
The Space Age is leaving fingerprints on one of the most remote parts of the planet -- the stratosphere -- which has potential implications for climate, the ozone layer and the continued habitability of Earth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2023
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
But this new space age looks different to the one back then.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2024
Since the dawn of the space age, the answer has been: It depends.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
The space age and television were coming into their own at the same time.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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