spaceflight

noun

space·flight ˈspās-ˌflīt

: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere

Examples of spaceflight in a Sentence

a history of human spaceflight

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The ticket includes a bus tour behind the scenes at NASA, including the enormous Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39’s Pad A and Pad B. Stops and schedules may be altered by spaceflight operations. —

Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024 Nelson's tenure oversaw significant advancements in NASA's human spaceflight initiatives, particularly the Artemis program—named after Apollo's mythological twin sister—which aims to return humans to the Moon. —

Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024 Isaacman was one of four private citizens sent into orbit on the first of the spaceflights, known as Polaris Dawn. —

Denise Chow, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024 Hamilton was put through the same training used to prepare the Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn crews for commercial spaceflight missions. —

Aleks Klosok, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spaceflight