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 spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began.
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Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
The latter is intended to form the constellation Orion, a nod to the Orion spacecraft on which the Artemis II astronauts tested on their 10-day flight to the Moon and back.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
Several of them were used to fire at precise milliseconds to trigger the explosion and launch the spacecraft.
—CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
The spacecraft will remain at the space station until October.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
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Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
The latter is intended to form the constellation Orion, a nod to the Orion spacecraft on which the Artemis II astronauts tested on their 10-day flight to the Moon and back.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
Several of them were used to fire at precise milliseconds to trigger the explosion and launch the spacecraft.
—CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
The spacecraft will remain at the space station until October.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
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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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