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Space‑craft

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Definition

spacecraft /'speÇskra:ft; US -kræft/ ( pl unchanged) n အာကာသယာဥ္။ spacecraft orbiting the earth. ❍ manned spacecraft. Compare SPACE SHIP

Examples

  1. ‘This was followed by a simulated separation of the spacecraft from the launcher.’
  2. ‘The Voyager spacecraft carried a laser disc of Bulgarian folk music to show aliens what life is like on earth.’
  3. ‘If all goes well
  4. Messenger will be the first spacecraft to orbit that planet.’
  5. ‘Its engineers warned that ice from the shuttle or the launch platform could fall and damage the spacecraft.’
  6. ‘How much food do we need to have on the spacecraft for the astronauts to go to Mars?’
  7. ‘A spacecraft would also have to be designed form scratch and built in under a year.’
  8. ‘Galileo is the first spacecraft to fly by an asteroid and the first to discover a moon of an asteroid.’
  9. ‘In 1993
  10. Nasa's Observer spacecraft vanished three days before it was due to enter orbit.’
  11. ‘It is rare to have an opportunity to study a small body up close without sending a spacecraft to it.’
  12. ‘It will be the second time American astronauts return to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft.’
  13. ‘The spacecraft then will be ready to serve the scientific community for years to come.’
  14. ‘The spacecraft may tell us more about comets and their place in the solar system.’
  15. ‘The operations team came up with a plan to roll the spacecraft and warm the hinges with the Sun.’
  16. ‘The experiment will be performed on board the Soyuz spacecraft by the Italian astronaut.’
  17. ‘Electrical devices on spacecrafts
  18. satellites
  19. and aircraft must work reliably and efficiently in situations where they can not be easily repaired.’
  20. ‘Saturn is to be visited by the Cassini spacecraft in the middle of this year
  21. so keep your eye on it.’
  22. ‘Once it is safely in orbit around the ringed planet
  23. the spacecraft can begin to do its real work.’
  24. ‘The United States is also planning on launching a lunar spacecraft a few years later.’
  25. ‘The first extreme condition a spacecraft has to deal with is that of launch.’
  26. ‘In addition
  27. they will also have to operate a manned spacecraft for at least a week.’