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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And there’s also an argument that humans shouldn’t be going to planets and moons at all and should instead stick to building space stations and other sorts of artificial orbital habitats.
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Shenzhou-20 mission launched in April The spacecraft in question was the Shenzhou-20 capsule, which in April transported a crew of three astronauts to the space station – Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
The Shenzhou-20 launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on April 25 for a six-month mission to China’s permanent space station, the Tiangong.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
China’s Shenzhou-20 crew aboard the Tiangong space station.
—Reuters, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Shenzhou-20 mission launched in April The spacecraft in question was the Shenzhou-20 capsule, which in April transported a crew of three astronauts to the space station – Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
The Shenzhou-20 launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on April 25 for a six-month mission to China’s permanent space station, the Tiangong.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
China’s Shenzhou-20 crew aboard the Tiangong space station.
—Reuters, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Space station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20station. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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