SPACE STATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does space station mean? 

• SPACE STATION (noun)
  The noun SPACE STATION has 1 sense:

1. a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research

  Familiarity information: SPACE STATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPACE STATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

space laboratory; space platform; space station

Hypernyms ("space station" is a kind of...):

artificial satellite; orbiter; satellite (man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon)

Instance hyponyms:

Salyut (either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s)

Skylab (United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979)

 Context examples 

It carried out orbit experiments in preparation for China’s plan to put a permanent space station into orbit by 2023.

(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)

On the space station, accumulated fibers do not collapse under their own weight, which makes the station an even better place to study them.

(Subtracting Gravity from Alzheimer's, NASA)

Its plans include establishing a permanent manned space station, a manned lunar landing, and eventually probes to Mars.

(Chinese Rover Making Tracks on Dark Side of the Moon, VOA)

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photo on Oct. 2, 2015, from the International Space Station and wrote on Twitter, Early morning shot of Hurricane ‎Joaquin‬ from space station before reaching ‪‎Bahamas‬.

(Hurricane Joaquin From the International Space Station, NASA)

He said the space station is expected to fall between the areas of 43 degrees south and 43 degrees north, and everything outside that zone is considered safe.

(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)

The head of the European Space Agency’s debris office, Holger Krag, says China’s Tiangong-1 space station will likely fall to Earth between March 30 and April 3.

(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)

They say the space station is traveling 17,400 mph and orbits Earth about every 90 minutes.

(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)

Krag said it still not yet known where the space station will hit Earth, but said it would be extremely unlikely for anyone to be injured when it does.

(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)

Scientists are monitoring a defunct Chinese space station that is expected to fall to Earth around the end of the month, the largest manmade object to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in a decade.

(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)