spaceflight

noun

space·​flight ˈspās-ˌflīt 

: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere

Examples of spaceflight in a Sentence

a history of human spaceflight

Recent Examples on the Web

So the agency built Launch Complex 39 at what is now called the Kennedy Space Center, a Florida spaceport that has become the home port for orbital human spaceflight in the United States. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 9 Nov. 2026

Nuclear power offers a practical path toward high-speed spaceflight. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

These include German start-up Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket, which achieved its inaugural spaceflight in September, a milestone for the European commercial space sector. — Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026

More than 50% of the nearly 330 spaceflights to low Earth orbit in 2025 were done on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. — Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for spaceflight

• acolyte
• aconite
• allanite
• alunite
• amberlite
• ammonite
• amorite
• amphitrite
• analyte
• anchorite
• andesite
• anhydrite

Kids Definition

spaceflight

noun

space·​flight ˈspās-ˌflīt 

: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere