spacecraft

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The burn took the Orion spacecraft out of Earth orbit as the four astronauts aboard aim to travel the more than 200,000 miles to the Moon.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The average satellite will need about $50,000 worth of semiconductors, while more complex spacecraft will need more than $100,000 worth, Truist’s Stein said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The only spacecraft to visit was Voyager 2, which flew past the planet about 40 years ago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The Orion spacecraft is, at least for the next few days, the home away from home for the Artemis II astronauts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

We knew that the crew would need a spacecraft able to blast off from Earth,

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson