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spacecraft

US/ˈspeɪsˌkɹæft/

spacecraft noun: a vehicle that travels through space.

spacecraft: a vehicle that travels through space
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Noun

spacecraft (plural spacecraft or (nonstandard) spacecrafts)

  1. A vehicle that travels through space.
    • Today, Velcro is used for everything from keeping astronauts from floating off the floor of their spacecrafts to keeping artificial hearts in place, as well as the more mundane tasks of fastening clothing.1990 February 12, Reuters, “Georges de Mestral, 82, Inventor Who Developed Velcro in”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2022
    • The object appeared after a series of routine prelanding procedures in which the crew tested the steering jets, a test that often shakes loose objects from the spacecraft.2008 June 14, John Schwartz, “No Problems Seen for Shuttle Landing”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

spacecraft meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

spacecraft in Hindi

vehicle that travels through space
अंतरिक्ष यान antrikṣ yān

spacecraft in Tamil

விண்வெளியூர்தி, விண்கலம்

spacecraft in Marathi

spacecraft, spaceship
अंतराळयान antarāḷyān

spacecraft in Bengali

মহাকাশযান
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spacecraft in Malayalam
ബഹിരാകാശപേടകം bahirākāśapēṭakaṁ, ബഹിരാകാശവാഹനം bahirākāśavāhanaṁ
spacecraft in Kannada
ಬಾಹ್ಯಾಕಾಶನೌಕೆ, ಗಗನನೌಕೆ
spacecraft in Sanskrit
अन्तरिक्षयानम् antarikṣayānam
spacecraft in Arabic
مَرْكَبَةٌ فَضَائِيَّة markabatun faḍāʔiyya
spacecraft in Indonesian
pesawat luar angkasa, wahana antariksa, wantariksa
spacecraft in Thai
ยานอวกาศ yaan-à-wá-gàat

Examples of spacecraft in a sentence

  • The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.
  • Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal.
  • The Voyager spacecraft explored the solar system and continued into the inestimable space beyond.

All 40 example sentences with spacecraft

Synonyms of spacecraft

Forms of spacecraft

pluralspacecraft
plural (nonstandard)spacecrafts

Plural of spacecraft: spacecraft

Origin of spacecraft

From space + -craft.

Words formed from spacecraft

Phrases with spacecraft

Questions about spacecraft

What does spacecraft mean?
Spacecraft means a vehicle that travels through space.
What is spacecraft in Hindi?
Spacecraft in Hindi is अंतरिक्ष यान (antrikṣ yān). See Spacecraft meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is spacecraft?
Spacecraft is a noun.
How do you pronounce spacecraft?
Spacecraft is pronounced /ˈspeɪsˌkɹæft/ (US).
What is the plural of spacecraft?
The plural of spacecraft is spacecraft.

Words near spacecraft in the dictionary

  1. spacebridges
  2. spacecake
  3. spacecakes
  4. SPACECOM
  5. spacecore
  6. spacecraft
  7. spacecraft bus
  8. spacecraft buses
  9. Spacecraft Event Time
  10. spacecrafts
  11. spacecut

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: spacecraft (page history and authors); spacecraft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अंतराळयान (Marathi) (page history and authors); spacecraft (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spacecraft (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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