deep space
noun
: space well outside the earth's atmosphere and especially that part lying beyond the earth-moon system
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Glover will become the first Black man to travel to deep space, Koch the first woman and Hansen the first non-American.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
For Hansen, the first Canadian to venture beyond low-Earth orbit, one of the more memorable aspects of flying in deep space was the three-dimensional appearance of the starry void, the moon and the Earth suspended in space close by.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Their mission, a smashing success, tested a NASA rocket and spacecraft on the first human flight into deep space in more than five decades.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
Her words about seeing Earth from deep space struck an emotional chord with the audience.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
For Hansen, the first Canadian to venture beyond low-Earth orbit, one of the more memorable aspects of flying in deep space was the three-dimensional appearance of the starry void, the moon and the Earth suspended in space close by.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Their mission, a smashing success, tested a NASA rocket and spacecraft on the first human flight into deep space in more than five decades.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
Her words about seeing Earth from deep space struck an emotional chord with the audience.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Deep space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep%20space. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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