mother ship

Example Sentences

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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

There, Roy Neary, played by Richard Dreyfuss, is invited into the mother ship to travel with them into space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Investigators with the US Coast Guard said it was among the final communications between the Titan and its mother ship before they lost contact for good.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

The size and waterfront location, she added, make AltaSea “a unicorn piece of property that is basically made to be the mother ship for the blue economy.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2024

I picture a giant mother ship hovering in the skies above us.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon