spacecraft
noun
Examples of spacecraft in a Sentence
Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
That may seem like a tiny difference, but the issues could mount when coordinating activities on the moon, such as a spacecraft seeking to dock on the moon or to undertake a data transfer at a specific time.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Japan in January became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon.
—Reuters, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
The spacecraft collided on Sept. 26, 2022, at about 14,000 miles per hour into Dimorphos, an asteroid that was about 560 feet wide, roughly 6.8 million miles from Earth.
—Fox News, 20 Mar. 2024
The plate is made of tantalum metal and doubles as a protective lid to shield the spacecraft’s delicate electronics.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
Problems still to be solved include figuring out life support systems and how to land the spacecraft in one piece.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
During a press briefing on Friday, representatives from the company reaffirmed their confidence in Starliner’s parachutes and protective tape, which had caused the last of several delays of the spacecraft’s launch.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2024
The Flight Data System gives that information to the spacecraft’s Telemetry Modulation Unit.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
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1929, in the meaning defined above
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