spaceflight
noun
space·flight
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Definition of spaceflight
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
Examples of spaceflight in a Sentence
a history of human spaceflight
Recent Examples on the Web
On display were two floors dedicated to spaceflight operations but also customer spaces. — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, "Virgin Galactic gives inside look to new spaceport," 16 Aug. 2019 There's a lot of experiments and simulations of these long-term spaceflight missions. — Anchorage Daily News, "Podcaster brings millennial Native voices to airwaves," 28 July 2019 Apollo 8, Frank had promised his wife, would be his last spaceflight. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "The Greatest Leap, part 2: The 50/50 bet that won the Space Race for America," 17 July 2019 In the early 1960s, Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz gave his blessing for NASA to use Snoopy as part of the agency’s spaceflight materials. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Comic-Con 2019: 50 things to see at this year’s Comic-Con," 17 July 2019 Borman, now 91, recently spoke with us about the space age and the future of space exploration, including his thoughts on the rise of private spaceflight firms such as SpaceX and Blue Origin. — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "Apollo 8's commander reflects on the sights and sounds of the space age," 28 June 2019 Selected for the astronaut program in 2013, Koch is an engineer and is currently aboard the space station for her first spaceflight. — Rachel Crane, CNN, "One of these 12 women astronauts will go to the moon," 21 June 2019 Collins was also part of the Gemini 10 mission, which was his first spaceflight and spacewalk. — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, "Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins shares unreleased photo he found 'at the bottom of a box'," 17 June 2019 Gordon Cooper took the same camera on his 1963 spaceflight. — Ernie Mastroianni, Discover Magazine, "Framing History: The Apollo Program Through an Astronaut's Lens," 14 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spaceflight.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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spaceflight
noun
English Language Learners Definition of spaceflight
: flight into outer space in a spacecraft
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