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space station
Word forms: plural space stations
countable noun
A space station is a place built for astronauts to live and work in, which is sent into space and then keeps going around the earth.
space station in British English
noun
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
Also called: space platform, space laboratoryspace station in American English
or space platform
a spacecraft designed to remain in orbit for a long period of time and to serve as a station from which to launch other spacecraft, as a research center, etc.
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British English: space station NOUN
A space station is a place built for astronauts to live and work in, which is sent into space and then keeps going around the earth.
- American English: space station
- Brazilian Portuguese: estação espacial
- Chinese: 太空站
- European Spanish: estación espacial
- French: station spatiale
- German: Raumstation
- Italian: stazione spaziale
- Japanese: 宇宙ステーション
- Korean: 우주 정거장
- European Portuguese: estação espacial
- Latin American Spanish: estación espacial