mother ship

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What’s Next: The restart of commercial missions with a mother ship and two Delta spaceships opens up the potential for $450 million in annual revenue across 125 flights, analysts at Jefferies said.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Companies sell decoys, which trail planes or ships, sometimes looking like a missile, and emit signals to confuse adversaries into targeting it instead of its mother ship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

On Monday, officials detailed communications between the Titan and its mother ship, the Polar Prince.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024

The Guggenheim’s mother ship interior is such a thrill that it prepares you to love whatever’s on view.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Then you would launch a smaller manned spacecraft from that mother ship, and the smaller craft would fly to the moon.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson