space station

noun

1. an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc.

space station

noun

1. Also called: space platform.  space laboratory. any large manned artificial satellite designed to orbit the earth during a long period of time thus providing a base for scientific and medical research in space and a construction site, launch pad, and docking arrangements for spacecraft

space station

1. A structure being assembled in space by an international partnership led by NASA. The space station will be a permanent habitat at which scientific and technological work can be carried out. Building a space station is considered the next step in the development and exploration of space, although there is controversy concerning its cost and the value of the research that will be carried out there.

Other Word Forms

• space-station adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of space station¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Once Andy boards a derelict space station and interfaces with its programming, the rules change.

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But he had some encouraging words about the Artemis missions, which are "even way more international than the space station".

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The party was in a meandering warehouse converted to an intergalactic space station.

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It accomplishes this via their vessel’s closed quarters and the space station’s relentlessly dim flooded rooms, along with the ominous disrepair of its metal bridges and maze of hallways.

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India has also announced ambitious plans to set up a space station by 2035 and send an astronaut to the Moon by 2040.

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