spacecraft

noun

space·craft ˈspās-ˌkraft

: a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere

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The $1 billion spacecraft completed its latest close flyby on Oct. 23, 2024, dipping close to its poles, the first mission to do so. —

Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 The spacecraft, about the size of a microwave oven, unfurled its sail—which billowed out to 860 square feet—in late August. —

Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024 The mission will deploy three spacecraft that will scour the universe, separated by about 1.5 million miles while flying in a triangular formation. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024 The planet is so remote that the Voyager 2 mission, the only spacecraft to have paid a visit, took 12 years to arrive there from Earth. —

Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spacecraft