inhabited space station
1space station — space station, adj. an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc. Also called space platform. [1940 45] * * * Manned artificial structure designed to revolve …
2Space station — The International Space Station in May 2011 A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew which is designed to remain in space (most commonly in low Earth orbit) for an extended period of time, and to which… …
3International Space Station — ISS redirects here. For other uses, see ISS (disambiguation). International Space Station …
4International Space Station program — The International Space Station program is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the fifteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and… …
5Orbital Technologies Commercial Space Station — The Orbital Technologies Commercial Space Station is an orbital space station intended for commercial clients. The station was proposed in 2010 by Orbital Technologies, a Russian aerospace firm, who is collaborating to develop the station with… …
6Babylon 5 (space station) — Infobox Fictional Spacecraft name = Babylon 5 caption = Babylon 5 orbits Epsilon III first = last = status = Demolished affiliation = Earth Alliance, then independent, then Interstellar Alliance launched = 2256 decommissioned = 2281 class = O… …
7Space opera in Scientology scripture — Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard used the science fiction term space opera to describe what he said were actual extraterrestrial civilizations and alien interventions in past lives. Upon Hubbard s death in 1986, the Church of Scientology… …
8Space habitat — A pair of O Neill cylinders …
9Space colonization — Artist Les Bossinas 1989 concept of Mars mission Space colonization (also called space settlement, space humanization, or space habitation) is the concept of permanent human habitation outside of Earth. Although hypothetical at the present time,… …
10Space music — Space music, also spelled spacemusic, is an umbrella term used to describe music that evokes a feeling of contemplative spaciousness. In fact, almost any music with a slow pace and space creating sound images could be called spacemusic. Stephen… …
