spacecraft

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The next stage of the mission includes testing direct communications links between the spacecraft and Earth using SSC Space's worldwide ground station network.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

In order to efficiently scale its satellite launches, orbital data centers and interplanetary travel ambitions, SpaceX needs to develop a fully reusable spacecraft.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Their escape route was the separately docked Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Five astronauts had briefly entered the docked Dragon spacecraft as a precautionary measure -- the capsule functions as a lifeboat of sorts in the case an evacuation is needed.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

They redesigned the spacecraft, fixing flaws that had been exposed by the disaster and redoubling their focus on every possible detail of the next nine missions, each a step in the stairway to the Moon.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly