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

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

Human spaceflight was a mere 6 months old, after the April 12 launch of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin earlier that year. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Mars has hogged the spotlight for decades and remains the long-term lodestar for human spaceflight. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 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