spacecraft
noun
space·craft
ˈspās-ˌkraft 
: a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere
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Amazon currently has 302 satellites in orbit, and Friday’s launch should push the network past the 10 percent mark for the total number of 3,232 spacecraft.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
The astronauts flew in a spacecraft designed and engineered at Lockheed Martin in Jefferson County.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
Besides the Vostok spacecraft simulators and actual classrooms, Star City, also became its own self-sustaining community over the years with the addition of parks, schools, gym, church, post office, pharmacy, rehab facilities, and a movie theater.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 May 2026
That mission seeks to have the Orion spacecraft attempt docking rendezvous maneuvers with one or both of the two human landing systems, Blue Moon and SpaceX’s Starship, on a low-Earth orbit mission.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
The astronauts flew in a spacecraft designed and engineered at Lockheed Martin in Jefferson County.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
Besides the Vostok spacecraft simulators and actual classrooms, Star City, also became its own self-sustaining community over the years with the addition of parks, schools, gym, church, post office, pharmacy, rehab facilities, and a movie theater.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 May 2026
That mission seeks to have the Orion spacecraft attempt docking rendezvous maneuvers with one or both of the two human landing systems, Blue Moon and SpaceX’s Starship, on a low-Earth orbit mission.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
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“Spacecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spacecraft. Accessed 3 Jun. 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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