spacecraft

noun

space·​craft ˈspās-ˌkraft 

: a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere

Examples of spacecraft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Liquid fuels can slosh around tanks, complicating spacecraft control. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

Most Martian meteorites are just a couple billion years old, which has long vexed scientists, given that spacecraft observations of the Red Planet suggest much of its surface is more than 3 billion years old. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

Those two independent spacecraft in geostationary orbit detected the bolide via onboard lightning imagers. — Leonard David, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026

SpaceX wants to end flights of the Crew Dragon spacecraft by 2030, and is already winding down its remarkably successful Falcon 9 rocket in favor of the company’s much larger but relatively unproven Starship. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for spacecraft

• allograft
• autograft
• autographed
• countershaft
• handicraft
• homograft
• hovercraft
• lithographed
• overdraft
• photographed
• rotorcraft
• telegraphed

Kids Definition

spacecraft

noun

space·​craft ˈspā-ˌskraft 

plural spacecraft

: a vehicle for travel beyond the earth's atmosphere