spacecraft
noun
space·craft
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Definition of spacecraft
: a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere
Examples of spacecraft in a Sentence
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To move it, the 400-foot tall mobile launcher will be placed on a massive, 6.6 million-pound crawler transporter, used to move spacecraft to launch pads, for the 1-mph trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building. — Chabeli Herrera, orlandosentinel.com, "As Hurricane Dorian threatens the Space Coast, NASA works to secure its launch pads," 28 Aug. 2019 The maneuver followed Saturday’s failed docking of the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft. — Washington Post, "International Space Station crew relocates Soyuz capsule," 26 Aug. 2019 The Bosch reactor uses hydrogen to decompose carbon dioxide that people exhale when onboard a spacecraft. — The News-review, oregonlive.com, "Southern Oregon technology may help astronauts breathe easier," 24 Aug. 2019 That spacecraft imaged almost the entire surface with radar before its planned demise in the planet’s atmosphere in 1994. — Paul K. Byrne, The Conversation, "Why we need to get back to Venus," 23 Aug. 2019 With a robot rather than a cosmonaut in the commander's seat, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan late Wednesday en route to the International Space Station, Spaceflight Now reports. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Rocket Report: Single-core Delta IV is no more, fully automated Soyuz," 23 Aug. 2019 India’s Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft began its orbit of the Moon. — The Economist, "Politics this week," 22 Aug. 2019 The maneuver was a critical move for the mission that could enable India to become the fourth country to put a spacecraft intact on the Moon. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "India’s lunar mission enters the Moon’s orbit ahead of landing attempt," 20 Aug. 2019 The 2019 display also includes a butter sculpture of the entire spacecraft crew: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins and the traditional butter cow and calf, a statement from American Dairy Association Mideast. — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, "This year's Ohio State Fair butter cow display honors Apollo 11 mission," 23 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spacecraft.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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spacecraft
noun
English Language Learners Definition of spacecraft
: a vehicle that is used for travel in outer space
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spacecraft
noun
space·craft
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plural spacecraft
Kids Definition of spacecraft
: a vehicle for travel beyond the earth's atmosphere
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