deep space
noun
: space well outside the earth's atmosphere and especially that part lying beyond the earth-moon system
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The recent arrivals will soon commence on Expedition 73 at the space station, helping to maintain the station and performing science experiments mostly designed to lay the groundwork for future missions to the moon and deep space.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
The last landing on the Moon by a US spacecraft was the last Apollo mission in 1972, and most of the companies involved in CLPS are less than 20 years old, with little experience in deep space missions.
—Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
The telescope, launched by NASA three years ago, gives us the ability to take photographs of deep space with unprecedented resolution.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
And if companies like K2 are successful in lowering the cost of satellite buses, the combination of lower-cost launch and planetary missions would allow NASA to do more with less in deep space.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
The last landing on the Moon by a US spacecraft was the last Apollo mission in 1972, and most of the companies involved in CLPS are less than 20 years old, with little experience in deep space missions.
—Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
The telescope, launched by NASA three years ago, gives us the ability to take photographs of deep space with unprecedented resolution.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
And if companies like K2 are successful in lowering the cost of satellite buses, the combination of lower-cost launch and planetary missions would allow NASA to do more with less in deep space.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Deep space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep%20space. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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