spacecraft

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But its discovery in July led to wild speculation that the object was a piece of extraterrestrial technology — maybe even an alien spacecraft.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Five astronauts had briefly entered the docked Dragon spacecraft as a precautionary measure -- the capsule functions as a lifeboat of sorts in the case an evacuation is needed.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Moving a roughly 86-ton spacecraft, especially without damaging it, is not as simple as placing a Pablo Picasso in a padded crate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Virgin launched its seventh and last commercial flight in June 2024 and has since been working on developing its new spacecraft, called SpaceShip.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

That point, called the azimuth, is where the process of bringing the spacecraft down to the landing point would begin.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson