Meaning & use
space station
A large spacecraft that orbits Earth and allows astronauts to live and work there for extended periods.
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Astronauts conducted experiments aboard the space station for six months.
The space station orbits Earth roughly once every ninety minutes or so.
A note on using this word
A space station stays in continuous orbit, unlike a spacecraft, which travels between destinations.
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