Synonyms for spacecraft
ˈspeɪsˌkræft, -ˌkrɑftspace·craft

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1. spacecraftnoun

   Synonyms:
   spaceship, space shuttle

2. spacecraftnoun

   A vehicle that travels through space.

   Synonyms:
   space shuttle, spaceship

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1. spacecraft, ballistic capsule, space vehiclenoun

   a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

   Synonyms:
   ballistic capsule, space vehicle

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1. • Craft
   • Satellite

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1. List of paraphrases for "spacecraft":

   spaceship, starship, space, ship, spaceflight

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1. Rebecca Regan:

   To the women of Starliner, my headscarf is red. My spacesuit is Boeing Defense blue. I'm on the verge of making human spaceflight history, just like you, i see how hard you're working on the final push before launch through weekends and holidays, and even at night. So please put on your own headscarf and let's show the world we can do it as you get me and my spacecraft ready for orbital flight.

2. Greg Schmidt:

   My father had been assigned the problem of navigating to the Moon and, as he told it to me, it was a very difficult problem, they didn't have a mathematical solution to it. It involved taking a number of different sources of information and combining them in an optimal way to get the best estimate of where your spacecraft is at any time, how fast you're going and other variables, too.

3. Yonatan Winetraub:

   Landing is the most difficult part of the mission for multiple reasons, it takes radio signals traveling at the speed of light 2 to 3 seconds in total to send and receive messages – the spacecraft is traveling at 2 kilometers a second at that point.

4. Charlie Duke:

   The tension in Mission Control was higher than in the spacecraft, we had communication problems and we had a computer problem that really got everyones attention. Fortunately, the problem was diagnosed and we continued down.

5. Bill Gray:

   Jon pointed out that JPL's Horizons system showed that the DSCOVR spacecraft's trajectory did not go particularly close to the moon. It would be a little strange if the second stage went right past the moon, while DSCOVR was in another part of the sky. There's always some separation, but this was suspiciously large, analysis led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies indicates the object expected to impact the far side of the Moon March 4 is likely the Chinese Chang' e 5-T1 booster launched in 2014.