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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Following launch, the space station’s Canadarm2 will grapple Cygnus no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 1, and the spacecraft will attach to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port for cargo unloading by the Expedition 70 crew.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
But as the result of a miscalculation, their space station gets zapped by radioactive turbulence that alters each crew member’s DNA in remarkably different ways.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
The latter is an interesting option at a time when NASA is rushing to manifest research experiments on board the International Space Station—which is due to retire in 2030—and commercial space stations have not yet come online (and may not for several years).
—ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
Wilmore, 62, and fellow crew member Suni Williams traveled to the space station in early June 2024 on a test mission for the Boeing Starliner.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
But as the result of a miscalculation, their space station gets zapped by radioactive turbulence that alters each crew member’s DNA in remarkably different ways.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
The latter is an interesting option at a time when NASA is rushing to manifest research experiments on board the International Space Station—which is due to retire in 2030—and commercial space stations have not yet come online (and may not for several years).
—ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
Wilmore, 62, and fellow crew member Suni Williams traveled to the space station in early June 2024 on a test mission for the Boeing Starliner.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“Space station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20station. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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