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

Examples of space station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Crew-11 originally had been slated to depart the space station in mid-February, only after a replacement team — the Crew-12 astronauts — would have arrived to take over operations. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 15 Jan. 2026

Four space station fliers undocked and plunged back to Earth, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean early Thursday off the Southern California coast six days after NASA ordered them home early because of a medical issue. —William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026

The space station's main truss and two giant solar arrays can be seen, as well as the blue arc of the Earth below. —Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026

The astronauts are scheduled to land back on Earth before the next space station crew arrives in orbit, though NASA flight engineer Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts will remain onboard. —Denise Chow, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for space station

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation

Kids Definition

space station

noun

: an artificial satellite designed to stay in orbit permanently and to be occupied by humans for long periods