Definition of spaceflight
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
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Examples of spaceflight in a Sentence
a history of human spaceflight
Recent Examples of spaceflight from the Web
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This test-fire is a crucial step to see if the motor will be ready for spaceflight in the next couple of years.
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The sad part about Trump's remarks is that, beyond this rhetoric, his administration has taken spaceflight seriously.
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While it is also used in civilian programs like spaceflight, its military applications are considerable.
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These six individuals -- three men and three women -- will oversee human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station, as well as future missions to the moon and beyond.
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One problem is that these Angara rockets were conceived and developed just before SpaceX rose to prominence and fulfilled the promise of lower-cost spaceflight.
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The second directive, signed May 24 of this year, called for new regulations for launch and re-entry that would encourage more commercial-spaceflight operations.
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The two partners are supposed to work with Virgin Galactic to come up with a framework for how spaceflights will be conducted from the Grottaglie Spaceport.
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Her last spaceflight, spanning 2016 and 2017, lasted close to 10 months.
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First Known Use of spaceflight
1931
SPACEFLIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of spaceflight for English Language Learners
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: flight into outer space in a spacecraft
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