space station
noun
: a large artificial satellite designed to be occupied for long periods and to serve as a base (as for scientific observation)
called also space platform
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Houston’s Mission Control arranged the cosmic chitchat between the four lunar travelers and the space station’s three NASA and one French residents.
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Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Among these was Skylab, America's first orbiting space station, which launched on May 14, 1973.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
About four years ago, China built its own sophisticated space station, called Tiangong, a dramatic demonstration of its human spaceflight capability.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
A week ago, the administrator also moved to scrap plans to build a lunar space station called Gateway in favor of developing a base on the Moon’s surface.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
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Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Among these was Skylab, America's first orbiting space station, which launched on May 14, 1973.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
About four years ago, China built its own sophisticated space station, called Tiangong, a dramatic demonstration of its human spaceflight capability.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
A week ago, the administrator also moved to scrap plans to build a lunar space station called Gateway in favor of developing a base on the Moon’s surface.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Space station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20station. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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