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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This image of the International Space Station, distributed by Getty Images, was taken from the space shuttle Discovery near the end of a mission to transport people and supplies to and from the space station.
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Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
The cargo was launched to the space station in May 2020 by a Japanese ship to help astronauts replace the old nickel-hydrogen batteries with new, more efficient lithium-ion batteries.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
The agency confirmed Monday that the 1.6-pound object was debris from a cargo pallet that had been intentionally released from the space station three years ago.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Two different crews will rotate into and out of China’s Tiangong (or Heavenly Palace) space station, and two uncrewed cargo flights will provision the outpost.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
But, says Levasseur, due to the arrangement of windows on the space station, its crew won’t be able to observe the corona, even if the station’s orbit were to directly line up with the path of totality.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Meantime, as the 10 people currently in space—seven aboard the International Space Station and three aboard China’s Tiangong space station—will learn anew, the view from the balcony often doesn’t measure up.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
From December 2014 to June 2015, Virts was aboard the space station as commander for NASA expedition 43.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
Voyager has a history of working on the International Space Station and is one of a handful of companies selected by NASA to design and develop commercial space stations.
—Judith Kohler The Denver Post (tns), arkansasonline.com, 25 Mar. 2024
Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
The cargo was launched to the space station in May 2020 by a Japanese ship to help astronauts replace the old nickel-hydrogen batteries with new, more efficient lithium-ion batteries.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
The agency confirmed Monday that the 1.6-pound object was debris from a cargo pallet that had been intentionally released from the space station three years ago.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Two different crews will rotate into and out of China’s Tiangong (or Heavenly Palace) space station, and two uncrewed cargo flights will provision the outpost.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
But, says Levasseur, due to the arrangement of windows on the space station, its crew won’t be able to observe the corona, even if the station’s orbit were to directly line up with the path of totality.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Meantime, as the 10 people currently in space—seven aboard the International Space Station and three aboard China’s Tiangong space station—will learn anew, the view from the balcony often doesn’t measure up.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
From December 2014 to June 2015, Virts was aboard the space station as commander for NASA expedition 43.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
Voyager has a history of working on the International Space Station and is one of a handful of companies selected by NASA to design and develop commercial space stations.
—Judith Kohler The Denver Post (tns), arkansasonline.com, 25 Mar. 2024
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