space station
Plural
space stations
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a large structure used as a long-term base for people to stay in space and conduct research
- The space station serves as a platform for testing technologies needed for future deep-space exploration.
- The space station’s solar panels provide power for its systems and experiments.
- Upcoming missions plan to expand the space station with additional modules and new scientific equipment.
- Astronauts aboard the space station conduct experiments in microgravity that cannot be performed on Earth.
- The space station's modules are equipped with living quarters, laboratories, and observation windows.
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