: having vehicles capable of traveling beyond the earth's atmosphere
spacefaring nations

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But Musk also suggests that the act of pursuing a spacefaring future, despite the perils, can serve as a sort of balm for existential dread. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 In 2003, Brazil had high hopes to become a spacefaring nation. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022 Long in the making, the UK is about to, once again, become a spacefaring nation. — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022 Only then will our machines be able to prepare the way for our own forays to the moon, the planets, and the stars, turning us at last into a truly spacefaring species. — IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2014 See All Example Sentences for spacefaring

Word History

Etymology

space entry 1 + seafaring

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spacefaring was in 1952

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“Spacefaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spacefaring. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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