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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Before now, there has been no public record of any claims of third-party property damage in the era of commercial spaceflight. —

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025 And its entry into the spaceflight sector will help drive innovation throughout the field, company representatives said. —

Mike Wall, Space.com, 5 Feb. 2025 That includes the first human spaceflights of the year with the upcoming private polar orbit mission Fram2 and the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station in late March followed by the Axiom Space Ax-4 mission also targeted for spring. —

Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025 SpaceX has flown the full Starship rocket system on six spaceflight tests so far since April 2023, at a steadily increasing cadence. —

Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for spaceflight