space science

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noun

any of the sciences involved in space travel or the exploration of space, as space medicine.

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Nearby words

space opera, space out, space platform, space probe, space rate, space science, space shuttle, space shuttle orbiter, space sickness, space stage, space station

Origin of space science

First recorded in 1975–80

Related forms

space scientist, noun

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