Synonyms for space station
space sta·tion

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1. space stationnoun

   Synonyms:
   orbital station

2. space stationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   orbital station

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1. space station, space platform, space laboratorynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   space platform, space laboratory

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1. Robert Mulcahy:

   Being able to participate and help get Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the space station for Demo-2 or the Crew-1 mission, those are the big milestones that stand out, these missions are exciting because it returns that human spaceflight capability to the Robert Mulcahy, something that we haven't had since 2011 when the shuttle retired. And that's really inspirational for people across the country and really across the world. I think that the big benefit of these missions launching in a very bleak year.

2. John Mulholland:

   Our commitment has always been to provide NASA and those crews the highest level of mission assurance, spaceX is targeting November 2018 for Crew Dragon’s first demonstration mission and April 2019 for Crew Dragon’s second demonstration mission, which will carry two NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

3. Astronaut Scott Kelly:

   Even though I had a shower in Canada, I hadn’t had running water for 340 days, we make do with not having a shower on board [the space station] – I definitely feel like I would like jump in a pool.

4. Christina Koch:

   Oh, how I miss the wind on my face, the feeling of raindrops, sand on my feet and the sound of the surf crashing on the Galveston beach, we take daily sensory inputs for granted until they are absent. The environmental inputs on the space station consist mostly of the constant hum of the ventilation system. It stirs the air, allowing the purification system to scrub and clean our atmosphere so it's breathable. While some places on the space station are as loud as a lawn mower, others are as quiet as the vacuum of space. I can not wait to feel and hear Earth again.

5. Scott Kelly:

   Scott's contributions to NASA are too many to name, in his year aboard the space station, he took part in experiments that will have far-reaching effects, helping us pave the way to putting humans on Mars and benefiting life on Earth.