spacecraft
a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
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How to use spacecraft in a sentence
SpaceX’s ability to launch spacecraft in huge quantities shouldn’t be underappreciated.
A flood of new SpaceX satellites has started a fight over space pollution | Tim Fernholz | February 11, 2021 | QuartzFewer than half of all the spacecraft that have been sent to Mars have actually made it.
The UAE’s Hope probe is about to arrive at Mars in a historic first | Neel Patel | February 9, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewMorgan believes that’s because there are large plains in the region that would make it easier to land a spacecraft on the surface.
These might be the best places for future Mars colonists to look for ice | Neel Patel | February 8, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewWhile the company will not be performing the launch itself, it will be providing the spacecraft and “Blue Ghost” lander for the 2023 mission.
Firefly will light up the moon with $93M lunar lander contract from NASA | Devin Coldewey | February 4, 2021 | TechCrunchSpaceX weathered through the onset of the covid-19 pandemic last year to become the first private company to launch astronauts into space using a commercial spacecraft.
The space tourism we were promised is finally here—sort of | Neel Patel | February 3, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
And now, with Carlson spacecraft going up in flames, they seemed to be getting closer to their goal.
Instant of Decision | Gordon Randall GarrettThe man he had seen in that new building at Carlson spacecraft was no ordinary human being.
Instant of Decision | Gordon Randall GarrettThere were two of them at the door, both wearing the uniform of Carlson spacecraft.
Instant of Decision | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for spacecraft
/ (ˈspeɪsˌkrɑːft) /
a manned or unmanned vehicle designed to orbit the earth or travel to celestial objects for the purpose of research, exploration, etc
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