Spacelab

American  

[speys-lab] / ˈspeɪsˌlæb /

noun

1. a manned laboratory in space, developed by the European Space Agency, carried aboard an orbiting space shuttle.

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spacelab British  

/ ˈspeɪsˌlæb /

noun

1. a laboratory in space where scientific experiments are performed, esp one developed by the European Space Agency and carried on a space shuttle

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Example Sentences

He also writes about a 1983 space-shuttle mission “meant to deliver the first Spacelab laboratory module.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The Robots’ promise – “We are programmed just to do / anything you want us to” – feels like a malevolently taunting lie, but Spacelab and Neon Lights are beautifully benign.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2020

Two years later he became the first person to fly six space missions when he commanded Columbia on the first Spacelab mission.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2018

His sixth and final flight came in November 1983, when he commanded Columbia on the STS-9 mission, which tested out a variety of scientific experiments with the Spacelab module.

From The Verge • Jan. 6, 2018

He became the first person to fly six space missions in 1983, when he commanded Columbia on the first Spacelab trek, with the crew performing more than 70 scientific experiments.

From Reuters • Jan. 6, 2018