spacecraft
noun
space·craft
ˈspās-ˌkraft 
: a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere
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The Starlink 17-14 mission will add another 24 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation, which consists of more than 10,200 spacecraft.
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Ultimately, this mission was a successful test of the Orion spacecraft’s hardware, de León says.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
The spacecraft will then leave Mars in 2030 and deliver the precious samples to Earth in 2031 for scientists to study.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
The spacecraft will use a 20-kWe reactor fueled by HALEU (High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium) to power advanced electric thrusters.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Ultimately, this mission was a successful test of the Orion spacecraft’s hardware, de León says.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
The spacecraft will then leave Mars in 2030 and deliver the precious samples to Earth in 2031 for scientists to study.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
The spacecraft will use a 20-kWe reactor fueled by HALEU (High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium) to power advanced electric thrusters.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 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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