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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Bezos wants humanity spread throughout the solar system on enormous space stations (that a galactic Amazon presumably stocks).
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Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
As of Friday, the space station has been continuously crewed for 24 years, 7 months and 12 days.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 14 June 2025
Accordingly, in its previous assessments, NASA has classified the structural cracking issue on the space station as the highest level of concern on its 5v5 risk matrix to gauge the likelihood and severity of risks to the space station.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2025
The three Russians aboard the space station recently inspected the inside walls of the aging Zvezda service module, which launched in 2000, as well as a connecting tunnel.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
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Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
As of Friday, the space station has been continuously crewed for 24 years, 7 months and 12 days.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 14 June 2025
Accordingly, in its previous assessments, NASA has classified the structural cracking issue on the space station as the highest level of concern on its 5v5 risk matrix to gauge the likelihood and severity of risks to the space station.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2025
The three Russians aboard the space station recently inspected the inside walls of the aging Zvezda service module, which launched in 2000, as well as a connecting tunnel.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
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“Space station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20station. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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