spacecraft
IPA: spˈeɪskræft
noun
- A vehicle that travels through space.
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Examples of "spacecraft" in Sentences
- The drag slows the spacecraft.
- He was the commander of the spacecraft.
- He wrote all of the software for the spacecraft.
- He is part of the crew of the spacecraft, the Defiant.
- The cryostat can be seen at the top of the spacecraft.
- He is part of the crew of the Joe spacecraft, the Defiant.
- Mariner 1 was the first spacecraft of the Mariner project.
- It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon.
- Spacecraft orbit around the center of the Earth, not the surface.
- It was used as part of the escape equipment for the Gemini spacecraft.
- I agree that a top-mounted manned spacecraft is inherently safer than a side-mounted spacecraft.
- Save all of the "I" and "me" stuff until the spacecraft is actually capable of making those statements.
- To me, the 'ultimate' LEO spacecraft is a two-stage (or possible 2. 5-stage with RSRMs of some type) design.
- Just invent the Jezz Bezos Blue Origin spacecraft, make your own spacecraft suitcases, spacecraft astronaut gear.
- And the "Pale Blue Dot," at least for me, is - represents the last moment in spacecraft leaving the Earth in which you can see the Earth at all.
- The real snag in lifting bodies as spacecraft is abort during boost and the dynamics involved and the question as to if or not that problem can be solved and what the cost will be.
- Communication between Earth and spacecraft is clunky and reminiscent of the days when switchboard operators had to plug in telephone lines by hand to connect the people at either end.
- If the ASAP reallys wants to expose poor safety in spacecraft design --- look into what we rely on to transport our crews today and during the time the U.S. will have no crewed vehicles to fly except the Soyuz.
- My personal idea for an ideal multi-role manned spacecraft is either a lifting body or a DynaSoar-like 'space plane' with a docking airlock aft so that it can act as a 'tow truck' for specialised mission modules.