compact

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And while the Apollo capsules had room for three astronauts, the Orion craft carries four, as equipment was made to be more compact without a loss of functionality.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The “Lynch Fragments” were small, compact and muscular sculptures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Max Space, which recently notched a multimillion-dollar investment from Voyager Technologies, is developing space habitats designed to fit on launch vehicles and then expand to up to 20 times their compact size.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

After confirming the concept, the researchers built a compact system capable of recording and reconstructing the encoded optical field within a polarization-sensitive material.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Most reactors were built long before fast, compact computers were available, and Fukushima Daiichi, which was commissioned in the 1970s, was no exception.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland