space station
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- noun
- /speɪs ˈsteɪʃən/
- Specialized
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estación espacial
- The space station orbits Earth and serves as a unique laboratory for research in microgravity.
- International space station
- build a space station
- space station orbiting Earth
So when our astronauts came back from the space station, they would land.
- So when our astronauts came back from the space station, they would land.
- They have to move the International Space Station slightly to avoid space junk.
- We're doing IG live to the International Space Station.
- Fire in space becomes spherical, as experiments on the International Space Station prove.
- Now Axioms making plans for their own commercial space station.
- One was collected on the space station right before he left and came down with him.
- Yeah, we do grab vehicles like this that are flying to the space station with cargo in them.
- I mean, just I mean, you know, you can watch a live feed of the space station.
- And that's the fact that there are no steps of daily living on the International Space Station.
- Once, Stanford geology alumna spent her time preparing for six months on the space station.
- When I spoke to other people from the space station sector, they didn't have the nicest things to say about Orion Span.
- And they've have plans for space stations up to many, many times the volume of the International Space Station.
- Now, you mentioned exercise and I have to ask, have you been running on the Colbert treadmill in the space station?
Examples
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China has meanwhile built its own space station, which is now almost complete.
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And from the International Space Station, astronaut Jessica Muir, stick around.
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So this is actually a live feed of the US, the International Space Station up in the sky.
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And what that means, of course, is that they can only launch to the space station at certain times of the year.
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Or on the space station, getting ready to go.
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All takes place in a space station.
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Behind me you see a picture from the International Space Station that shows how thin the atmosphere is.
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This is an International Space Station that relies on international cooperation.
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Jim watched in amazement as the space station continued to orbit around the Earth.
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Now, if we zoom in, this is a photograph taken from the space station of the eye of Hurricane Igor.
Synonyms
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A spacecraft in orbit where people live and do science experiments
A station high above Earth where people live and do science
How Habitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a large artificial structure in space where people live and work' is directly derivable from combining 'space' (the cosmos) with 'station' (a facility or building). This noun+noun compounding is a common and cross-linguistic pattern (e.g., Spanish estación espacial, French station spatiale), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Space station comes from the simple image of a station — a fixed base or stop — placed in space, like a train station that floats above the Earth where people can live and work. That's why the name means 'a place where people live and work in space' for long stays and research.