Examples of spaceflight in a Sentence
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Although 12 Americans would walk on the moon, Mr. Anders was not among them; Apollo 8 was his only spaceflight.
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Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 June 2024
The Starliner launch aims to lessen NASA’s dependence on Russia for low-orbit spaceflight.
—Mackenzie McCarty, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
Polaris Dawn is the first of the program’s three missions developed for human spaceflight.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 May 2024
Starliner, one of two crewed spaceflight projects contracted by NASA from commercial companies, was originally scheduled for its first test flight with humans aboard on May 6th.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 22 May 2024
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Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 June 2024
The Starliner launch aims to lessen NASA’s dependence on Russia for low-orbit spaceflight.
—Mackenzie McCarty, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
Polaris Dawn is the first of the program’s three missions developed for human spaceflight.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 May 2024
Starliner, one of two crewed spaceflight projects contracted by NASA from commercial companies, was originally scheduled for its first test flight with humans aboard on May 6th.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 22 May 2024
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“Spaceflight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceflight. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
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spaceflight
noun
space·flight
ˈspās-ˌflīt 
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
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