spaceflight

American  

[speys-flahyt] / ˈspeɪsˌflaɪt /

Or space flight

noun

1. the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.

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Etymology

Origin of spaceflight

First recorded in 1945–50; space + flight ¹

Example Sentences

At home, spaceflight is a running conversation with her husband.

From BBC

On April 1, the agency is set to launch four astronauts around the moon, the deepest human spaceflight since the final Apollo lunar landing in 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal

“That cannot be right,” Livingston Holder, a former manned spaceflight engineer with the Air Force and space shuttle payload specialist, recalled thinking when he first heard that fact.

From Los Angeles Times

Walking on the Moon by 2030, building a lunar base, and then perhaps on to Mars: after 30 years of honing its expertise, China is challenging the United States' supremacy in spaceflight.

From Barron's

Koch already holds the record for longest spaceflight by a woman -- 328 days -- and also participated in the first spacewalk performed entirely by women, alongside her colleague Jessica Meir.

From Barron's