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Spacelab

[speys-lab]

noun

  1. a manned laboratory in space, developed by the European Space Agency, carried aboard an orbiting space shuttle.



spacelab

/ ˈspeɪsˌlæb /

noun

  1. a laboratory in space where scientific experiments are performed, esp one developed by the European Space Agency and carried on a space shuttle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Since then, the program has had a list of achievements, including the construction of the International Space Station, the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope and several spacelab missions.

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Indeed, the track sounds like a curio from the era of Spacelab, the moody, spacious Kraftwerk track released nine years later.

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He co-wrote “Spacelab, Space Platforms, and the Future.”

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From The Man-Machine, Spacelab’s thin and whirry synths now sound slightly too reminiscent of 70s sci-fi programmes – but the tune is as earworming as they come.

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The Robots’ promise – “We are programmed just to do / anything you want us to” – feels like a malevolently taunting lie, but Spacelab and Neon Lights are beautifully benign.

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