Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A vehicle intended to be launched into space. Also called spaceship.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a vehicle capable of travelling in or into outer space; at present, all such vehicles are powered by rocket engine.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun
Etymologies
- space + craft. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Save all of the "I" and "me" stuff until the spacecraft is actually capable of making those statements.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“To me, the 'ultimate' LEO spacecraft is a two-stage (or possible 2. 5-stage with RSRMs of some type) design.”
“I agree that a top-mounted manned spacecraft is inherently safer than a side-mounted spacecraft.”
“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.”
“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.”
“-- A spacecraft is launched to look for other earth-like planets.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘spacecraft’.
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WF - nominal compounds (concrete)
foodstuff, banknote, crankshaft, earphone, fibreboard, fishplate, forklift, glassware, guardrail, handicraft, headband, kitchenware and 181 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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science fact or fiction
pretty open-ended here—terms, ideas, lingo, technologies and phenomena (real or postulated) that are, were, should be or could be used in speculative fiction
tachyon, mecha, dropship, wetware, meatspace, nanobot, cloned meat, asteroid mining, hyperdrive, wormhole, parallel universe, distributed intel... and 464 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Inspiration Collection
piece of cake, firewater, sweetbrier, artesian, artisan, plenty, figurehead, incendiary, vignette, few, minimalism, NO and 40 more...
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They Came From Outer Space!
Words coined in or popularized by science fiction. Some stolen from here: http://io9....
robot, robotics, microcomputer, grok, hyperdrive, android, astronaut, cyberspace, spaceship, spacesuit, spacecraft, space travel and 10 more...
Tweets
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