space station

noun

|Updated on: 13 Aug 2018

Definition of space station

: 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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But thanks to an alliance with a local Lexington company called Space Tango — which helps researchers and companies set up experiments on the space station — the team is giving it a try.

— eric boodman, STAT, "Will launching plants into orbit yield new medicines?," 22 June 2018
Alan Bean, a Navy test pilot and astronaut who walked on the moon and then spent two months aboard America's first space station before leaving NASA and becoming an accomplished artist, died Saturday.

— william harwood, CBS News, "Alan Bean, astronaut who walked on the moon, dies at 86," 26 May 2018
Bean also flew into space in 1973 as the commander of the second crewed flight to the U.S.' first space station, NASA said.

— christal hayes, USA TODAY, "Alan Bean, 4th man to walk on the moon, dies at 86," 26 May 2018
OnThisDay 1973: Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

— Fox News, "FOX NEWS FIRST: US to officially open Jerusalem embassy; Hawaii's new volcanic fissures spark more evacuations," 14 May 2018
The space craft, launched in 2011 as China's first space station, is believed to have been in an uncontrolled orbit since early 2016.

— leada gore, AL.com, "Tiangong-1: Chinese space station expected to fall to Earth this weekend; where will pieces land?," 31 Mar. 2018
But for reasons China hasn’t fully explained, its first-ever space station malfunctioned.

— brian resnick, Vox, "A Chinese space station is hurtling toward Earth. Where will it land?," 28 Mar. 2018
The end of Skylab Skylab was the first U.S. space station.

— elizabeth howell, Scientific American, "Chinese Space Station Could Crash to Earth on Easter Weekend," 27 Mar. 2018
Additionally, SpaceX will carry up an extra latching mechanism that can attach to the end of Canada’s robotic arm on the outside of the space station.

— loren grush, The Verge, "SpaceX is sending an AI robot ‘crew member’ to join the astronauts on the space station," 28 June 2018

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