spacecraft

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It faces a July deadline to launch half of its first-generation satellite system’s 3,232 spacecraft to low-Earth orbit but only has an estimated 239 currently in orbit.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

For 10 days, while many people watched Nasa's Artemis mission drift around the Moon through livestreams and dramatic spacecraft selfies, Will Parker was watching something very different.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Goonhilly has been involved in events such as broadcasting the Apollo 11 Moon landing to the world in 1969 and landing a commercial spacecraft on the moon for the first time.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Artemis III will launch a crew into low Earth orbit and evaluate the rendezvous and docking capabilities between the agency’s Orion spacecraft and SpaceX or Blue Origin’s landers—or both of those vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

We had flown the little spacecraft beyond its physical capabilities, zipped past jagged mountains and over the gouges and tears of primordial bombardment, admired all the moon’s craters, its mares, and its mountains.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam