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 plush toy was selected from thousands of submissions to serve as the mission's zero-gravity indicator -- an object that floats once a spacecraft reaches weightlessness.
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ABC News, 18 June 2026
The space agency announced on Wednesday that the private space company will provide the spacecraft and rocket that will place NASA’s Aeolus probe into orbit around Mars, with a launch currently targeted for sometime in 2028.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 18 June 2026
However, no endeavor, including sending spacecraft and people into orbit and beyond, has been totally independent from the biases and beliefs of the people shaping that effort.
—Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
After communications broke down between the two agencies, NASA decided to play it safe, directing all four crew members of the Crew-12 mission, as well as NASA astronaut Chris Williams, who had arrived at the station on board a Soyuz capsule in November, to shelter inside the Dragon spacecraft.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 18 June 2026
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ABC News, 18 June 2026
The space agency announced on Wednesday that the private space company will provide the spacecraft and rocket that will place NASA’s Aeolus probe into orbit around Mars, with a launch currently targeted for sometime in 2028.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 18 June 2026
However, no endeavor, including sending spacecraft and people into orbit and beyond, has been totally independent from the biases and beliefs of the people shaping that effort.
—Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
After communications broke down between the two agencies, NASA decided to play it safe, directing all four crew members of the Crew-12 mission, as well as NASA astronaut Chris Williams, who had arrived at the station on board a Soyuz capsule in November, to shelter inside the Dragon spacecraft.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 18 June 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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