Time out from college to go into space? (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
gap year
'time out from college to go into space?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'time out from college to go into space?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'time' could be 'year' (I've seen this before) and 'year' is found within the answer.
'space?' could be 'gap' (gap is a kind of space) and 'gap' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gap year that I've seen before include "One's not studying now" , "Student's chance to travel" , "Time taken between school and work" , "Time out before study" , "When student might travel" .)