- a manned or unmanned vehicle designed to orbit the earth or travel to celestial objects for the purpose of research, exploration, etc
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
space•craft /ˈspeɪsˌkræft/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -crafts, -craft.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Aerospacea vehicle for travel beyond the earth's atmosphere.
space•craft
(spās′kraft′, -kräft′),USA pronunciation n.
- Aerospacea vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
- space + craft 1955–60
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spacecraft /ˈspeɪsˌkrɑːft/ n
'spacecraft' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aerodynamic braking
- Atlas
- attitude
- Baikonur
- command module
- corridor
- craft
- dock
- drogue
- extravehicular
- flight
- fly
- flyby
- ground control
- hard landing
- hatch
- heat shield
- Houston
- hyperdrive
- launch
- launchpad
- launch window
- lunar module
- manned
- Mars
- microgravity
- mission
- module
- moonshot
- nose cone
- orbit
- orbital velocity
- parking orbit
- payload
- perilune
- pilot
- re-entry
- retrorocket
- rocket
- Shenzhou
- soft landing
- solar cell
- solar sail
- Space Invaders
- spaceport
- spaceship
- space station
- spacesuit
- spacewalk
- ablation