spacecraft
noun
space·craft
ˈspās-ˌkraft 
: a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere
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Redefining rocket design The lessons learned from Columbia — and the Challenger explosion before it — have left an indelible mark on the design of modern US spacecraft.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
This act of metrology will allow precise tracking of the relative position and orientation of the two spacecraft.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
This act of metrology will allow precise tracking of the relative position and orientation of the two spacecraft.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for spacecraft
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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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