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spacecraft

[spays-kraft, -krahft] / ˈspeɪsˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft /


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The spacecraft was then hoisted onto a specialized ship, and the four occupants -- Meir, American Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev -- were helped out one by one.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Hench pointed to two newer business lines as having excellent prospects for long-term growth — cryogenic tanks used in spacecraft and equipment used in the nuclear-power generation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

A series of plaques has been unveiled across the UK to celebrate the country's first spacecraft to reach another planet.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The maneuver subjected the airframe to an estimated 3 Gs of force, akin to what a spacecraft experiences during launch, and exceeded the 737 MAX’s operating limit of 2.5 Gs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

As the Russian spacecraft streaked toward the moon, I went up on the Club House roof to use Jake’s telescope just to see what I could see.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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