Definition of spaceflight
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
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a history of human spaceflight
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Melvin retired from NASA in 2014, after two spaceflights and four years working in the agency’s education department.
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Dinges co-authored research on a spaceflight simulation experiment known as Mars500, developed by the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Another private spaceflight company, Virgin Galactic, founded by billionaire Sir Richard Branson, also derived its launch system from Scaled Composites.
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And now, apparently, so have Iran’s ambitions for homegrown human spaceflight.
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The year 1961 was a transformative one for human spaceflight.
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In addition to providing launch services to the military, DARPA plans to share key design specifications for the XS-1 with commercial spaceflight companies.
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Two years ago, the X Prize Foundation awarded $10 million for the first sub-orbital spaceflight.
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First Known Use of spaceflight
1931
SPACEFLIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of spaceflight for English Language Learners
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: flight into outer space in a spacecraft
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