spacecraft
noun
space·craft
ˈspās-ˌkraft 
: a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere
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Once in the asteroid's orbit, NASA's spacecraft is slated to take pictures of the asteroid's surface and shed light on its composition, over the course of about two years.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Three minutes later, SpaceX lost both the booster and the spacecraft in two explosions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 May 2026
The spacecraft will soar over craters and plains and may be able to spot dust features and lava flows.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Food wasn’t the only precious cargo on the Cygnus XL spacecraft visit that month, however.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Three minutes later, SpaceX lost both the booster and the spacecraft in two explosions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 May 2026
The spacecraft will soar over craters and plains and may be able to spot dust features and lava flows.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Food wasn’t the only precious cargo on the Cygnus XL spacecraft visit that month, however.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
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“Spacecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spacecraft. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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spacecraft
noun
space·craft
ˈspā-ˌskraft
plural spacecraft
: a vehicle for travel beyond the earth's atmosphere
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