Definitions for space station
space sta·tion

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1. space station, space platform, space laboratorynoun

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

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1. space stationnoun

   a manned artificial satellite orbiting the earth designed for extended occupation and use by multiple crews in succession.

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1. space stationnoun

   a manned artificial satellite designed for long-term habitation, research etc.

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1. Space station

   A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew in orbit for an extended period of time, and is therefore a type of space habitat. It lacks major propulsion or landing systems. An orbital station or an orbital space station is an artificial satellite (i.e. a type of orbital spaceflight). Stations must have docking ports to allow other spacecraft to dock to transfer crew and supplies. The purpose of maintaining an orbital outpost varies depending on the program. Space stations have most often been launched for scientific purposes, but military launches have also occurred. Space stations have harboured so far the only long-duration direct human presence in space. After the first station Salyut 1 (1971) and its tragic Soyuz 11 crew, space stations have been operated consecutively since Skylab (1973), having allowed a progression of long-duration direct human presence in space. Stations have been occupied by consecutive crews since 1987 with the Salyut successor Mir. Uninterrupted occupation of stations has been achieved since the operational transition from the Mir to the ISS, with its first occupation in 2000. The ISS has hosted the highest number of people in orbit at the same time, reaching 13 for the first time during the eleven day docking of STS-127 in 2009. As of 2023, there are two fully operational space stations in low Earth orbit (LEO) – the International Space Station (ISS) and China's Tiangong Space Station (TSS). The ISS has been permanently inhabited since October 2000 with the Expedition 1 crews and the TSS began continuous inhabitation with the Shenzhou 14 crews in June 2022. These stations are used to study the effects of spaceflight on the human body, as well as to provide a location to conduct a greater number and longer length of scientific studies than is possible on other space vehicles. In 2022, the TSS finished its phase 1 construction with the addition of two lab modules, Wentian ("Quest for the Heavens") launched on 24 July 2022 and Mengtian ("Dreaming of the Heavens") launched on 31 October 2022, joining the ISS as the most recent space station operating in orbit. In July 2022, Russia announced intentions to withdraw from the ISS after 2024 in order to build its own space station. There have been numerous decommissioned space stations, including USSR's Salyuts, Russia's Mir, NASA's Skylab, and China's Tiangong 1 and Tiangong 2.

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1. space station

   A space station is a large spacecraft that remains in low Earth orbit for extended periods of time. It is a home where astronauts live and work. The space station is also a science lab, where a wide range of experiments are conducted, many of which cannot be performed on Earth due to the unique microgravity environment. It can be used for both military purposes and civilian purposes such as research, observation, and communications.

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1. Space station

   A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew which is designed to remain in space for an extended period of time, and to which other spacecraft can dock. A space station is distinguished from other spacecraft used for human spaceflight by lack of major propulsion or landing systems. Instead other vehicles transport people and cargo to and from the station. As of November 2012 two space stations are in orbit: the International Space Station, and China's Tiangong 1. Previous stations include the Almaz and Salyut series, Skylab and most recently Mir. Space stations are used to study the effects of long-term space flight on the human body as well as to provide platforms for greater number and length of scientific studies than available on other space vehicles. All space stations have been designed with the intention of rotating multiple crews, with each crew member staying aboard the station for weeks or months, but rarely more than a year. Since the ill-fated flight of Soyuz 11 to Salyut 1, all manned spaceflight duration records have been set aboard space stations. The duration record for a single spaceflight is 437.7 days, set by Valeriy Polyakov aboard Mir from 1994 to 1995. As of 2011, three astronauts have completed single missions of over a year, all aboard Mir.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of space station in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of space station in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of space station in a Sentence

1. Astronaut Mike Fincke:

   A spacewalk is probably the most dangerous thing that we do, i think it's more dangerous than launching and landing, even though those are really tricky things. If we become separated from the International Space Station, it's super dangerous. Now we have ways to prevent that because it is dangerous, but going outside is an extremely dangerous thing to do.

2. Nick Hague:

   So, I'm one hundred percent confident in the rocket to deliver us to the space station and bring us home safely.

3. Cady Coleman:

   It really meant a lot to us, our crew was onboard the station on April 12, 2011, 50 years [ after Yuris flight ]. Theres a lot that that shirt says. Its a picture of Yuri Gagarin. The fact that its on the space station, with one for [ each ] of us, is actually thanks to Loretta Whitesides And I think that individual people make these kinds of differences.

4. Norman Wainwright:

   The test was used to determine if certain types of bacteria were present on various space station surfaces.

5. United States:

   NASA is aware of recent comments regarding the International Space Station. United States sanctions and export control measures continue to allow US-Russia civil space cooperation on the space station, the professional relationship between our international partners, astronauts and cosmonauts continues for the safety and mission of all on board the ISS.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=space station
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=space station
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Space_Station
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Station
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=space station