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.
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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
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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
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“Spacecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spacecraft. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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spacecraft
noun
space·craft
ˈspā-ˌskraft
plural spacecraft
: a vehicle for travel beyond the earth's atmosphere
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