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Meaning of "spacelab" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPACELAB

spacelab  [ˈspeɪsˌlæb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPACELAB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spacelab is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPACELAB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

spacelab

Spacelab

Spacelab was a reusable laboratory used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle. The laboratory comprised multiple components, including a pressurized module, an unpressurized carrier and other related hardware housed in the Shuttle's cargo bay. The components were arranged in various configurations to meet the needs of each spaceflight. Spacelab components flew on 22 Shuttle missions between November 1983 and April 1998. Spacelab allowed scientists to perform experiments in microgravity in Earth orbit.

Definition of spacelab in the English dictionary

The definition of spacelab in the dictionary is a laboratory in space where scientific experiments are performed, esp one developed by the European Space Agency and carried on a space shuttle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPACELAB


blab
blæb
flab
flæb
lab
læb
lablab
ˈlæbˌlæb
Lib-Lab
ˈlɪbˈlæb
minilab
ˈmɪnɪˌlæb
Skylab
ˈskaɪˌlæb
slab
slæb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPACELAB

space-filler
space-saving
space-time
space-time continuum
spaceband
spaceborne
spacecraft
spaced
spaced out
spacefaring
spaceless
spaceman
spacemen
spaceport
spacer
spaceship
spacesuit
spacewalk
spacewalker
spaceward

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPACELAB

Arab
Bab
cab
crab
dab
fab
gab
grab
hijab
inqilab
jab
kab
kebab
path lab
paving slab
Punjab
rehab
sab
stab
tab

Synonyms and antonyms of spacelab in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spacelab» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPACELAB

Find out the translation of spacelab to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spacelab from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spacelab» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空间实验室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Spacelab
570 millions of speakers

English

spacelab
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spacelab
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المختبر الفضائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Spacelab
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spacelab
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্পেস আউট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spacelab
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jarak jauh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spacelab
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スペースラブ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spacelab
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diwenehi jarak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spacelab
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடைவெளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंतर दिलेले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aralıklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Spacelab
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spacelab
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Spacelab
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Spacelab
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spacelab
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Spacelab
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Spacelab
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Spacelab
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spacelab

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPACELAB»

The term «spacelab» is regularly used and occupies the 69.643 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPACELAB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spacelab

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPACELAB»

Discover the use of spacelab in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spacelab and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Spacelab
An introduction to Spacelab, a reusable space laboratory for studying many scientific areas, first sent aloft in 1983.
Dennis B. Fradin, 1984
2
Spacelab: Research in Earth Orbit
Traces the history of the testing and development of the Spacelab manned orbiting laboratory and describes the Spacelab's first flight
David Shapland, 1984
3
The Neurolab Spacelab Mission: Neuroscience Research in ...
The aim of this book is to provide a general overview of the 1998 Neurolab space shuttle mission, to enable both generalists and experts to understand the mission and receive the information they need.
Jerry L. Homick, 2003
4
The Rotarian
The venture is Spacelab, a habitable scientific laboratory designed and built by the nine-nation European Space Agency. Spacelab will be carried into earth orbit for missions lasting from seven to 30 days by a U.S. space shuttle orbiter.
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New Scientist
Extension of the Spacelab-Shuttle partnership well into the next century is projected in the new "Spacelab Follow-On Development Programme" of the European Space Agency. It envisions the step- by-step evolution of Spacelab from a captive ...
6
The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and ...
Workshop on the History of Spacelab, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 22- 23 April 1997, SP-411 (Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA, 1997), 36. "Distribution of Responsibilities between Head of Spacelab Programme and Director of ...
Stephen B. Johnson, 2006
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Shuttle/Spacelab, the new transportation system and its ...
Vols. 1- are the Proceedings of the American Astronautical Society's annual and West Coast meetings and Symposia of the Society.
Dietrich E. Kölle, George V. Butler, American Astronautical Society, 1981
8
Popular Science
Orbital laboratory built in Europe will slash cost of seven-to-30-day cruises in space — by experts with finest of experimental gear By WERNHER von BRAUN PS Consulting Editor, Space By this year's end a working model of Spacelab, called ...
9
Spacelab Life Sciences-1: final report
This report provides an historical overview of the Spacelab Life Sciences-1 (SLS-1) mission along with the resultant biomaintenance data and investigators' findings.
Bonnie P. Dalton, Ames Research Center, 1995
10
New Scientist
Spacelab and the Shuttle: NATO in orbit? With the transition from Nixon to Ford, US space programmers face new uncertainties. The principal one is whether the new President, under pressure to cut government spending any way he can, will  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPACELAB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spacelab is used in the context of the following news items.
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Our SpaceFlight Heritage: STS-9 – The first flight of Spacelab
The most significant was that this mission saw the first use of the European-built Spacelab module. A second major first was that among the STS-9 crewmembers ... «SpaceFlight Insider, Nov 14»
2
China to launch second space lab in 2016, official says
"We are going to launch the spacelab Tiangong-2 in 2016, and then we will launch Shenzhou-11 and then Tianzhou-1 cargo spaceship to dock on the spacelab ... «Phys.Org, Sep 14»
3
State of Exception: Spacelab's Weekend Monditalia Special
From August 23-24, Italian architecture firm Spacelab's State of Exception curatorial project will be featured at the Monditalia section of the 2014 Venice ... «ArchDaily, Aug 14»
4
Space History Photo: Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts
Merbold was one of the payload specialists on the first Spacelab flight STS-9, that launched November 28, 1983. Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that ... «Space.com, Feb 14»
5
Spacelab: Space Shuttle Flew Europe's First Space Module 30 …
The unusual payload was Spacelab, a $1 billion European built, NASA-operated space-borne science platform, which would not only set the stage for ... «Space.com, Dec 13»
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Spacelab: Space shuttle flew Europe's first space module 30 years …
November 29, 2013 — It doesn't seem out of place today, but the sight 30 years ago of a cylindrical module mounted inside the space shuttle's cargo bay was ... «collectSPACE.com, Nov 13»
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Thursday: Watch Bill Nye Host YouTube SpaceLab Webcast
SpaceLab founder, Google's Zahaan Bharmal, says, "Our hope is that this livestream from space will be the world's largest, coolest scientific classroom. Today's ... «The Planetary Society, Sep 12»
8
US spying on Chinese spacelab Tiangong 1, British publication says
The X-37B, a U.S. military spaceplane equipped with new surveillance technology, has been trailing an unmanned Chinese spacelab called Tiangong 1, the ... «New York Daily News, Jan 12»
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YouTube Space Lab to put students' work into orbit
The YouTube SpaceLab project, which launched this week, is a new one-of-a-kind competition for high school students aimed at getting teenagers more ... «Washington Post, Oct 11»
10
Final Space Shuttle Mission Will Feature iPhones
The iOS-based software, called SpaceLab, will come pre-loaded on two iPhone 4s. Testing the software isn't mission-critical, but it may lead to terrestrial ... «Wired News, Jun 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Spacelab [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spacelab>. May 2024 ».
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