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Definition of "space station" [space• sta•tion]

  • A large satellite equipped to support a human crew and designed to remain in orbit around Earth for an extended period and serve as a base for launching exploratory expeditions, conducting research, repairing satellites, and performing other space-related activities. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "space station" in a sentence
  • "The wheel-shaped space station was barely visible beyond his cockpit windshield."
  • "I think it is certainly possible, since a planetary trip always involves a long duration flight, that initial flights to the planets—that is, particularly circumplanetary, nonlanding, but exploratory flights—can be combined with Earth orbiting spacecraft i.e., some sort of space station to develop that long-term capability with the very same type of spacecraft."
  • "The proposed orbital space station has been compromised to death, and NASA is on the ropes financially and morale-wise."
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