spacecraft
noun
space·craft
ˈspās-ˌkraft 
: a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere
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If all goes to plan, the 29 Starlink spacecraft will be deployed into LEO about 65 minutes after liftoff.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 Nov. 2025
What was meant to be a short stay on the International Space Station stretched into a more than nine-month mission for two American astronauts earlier this year after their spacecraft malfunctioned.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on its second flight, carrying twin NASA Escapade spacecraft destined for Mars.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
In fact, arrays of multiple satellites that are in orbit around Earth and are sensitive to extremely small distance differences induced between those spacecraft have been used to track how density fluctuations change in the uppermost layers of Earth’s surface.
—Big Think, 14 Nov. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 Nov. 2025
What was meant to be a short stay on the International Space Station stretched into a more than nine-month mission for two American astronauts earlier this year after their spacecraft malfunctioned.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on its second flight, carrying twin NASA Escapade spacecraft destined for Mars.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
In fact, arrays of multiple satellites that are in orbit around Earth and are sensitive to extremely small distance differences induced between those spacecraft have been used to track how density fluctuations change in the uppermost layers of Earth’s surface.
—Big Think, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Spacecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spacecraft. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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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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