space stationnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈspeɪs ˌsteɪ.ʃən/us/ˈspeɪs ˌsteɪ.ʃən/a vehicle in which people can travel round the earth, outside its atmosphere, doing scientific tests
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Space travel
- astronaut
- astronautics
- autopilot
- blast
- command module
- earthbound
- flyby
- heat shield
- launch pad
- moon buggy
- NASA
- nose cone
- retrorocket
- rocket
- rocket science
- rocket ship
- spaceman
- touchdown
- tracking station
- UFO
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Examples from literature
- To go outside the space station, you must wear a spacesuit!
- When residents of Skylab, an early US space station, returned home, they had grown about three centimeters taller.
- Would you prefer the long, dark winter of Antarctica or the small, closed space station?