Meaning & use
spacecraft
A vehicle designed to travel and operate beyond Earth's atmosphere.
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The spacecraft entered orbit around Mars after a seven-month journey.
Engineers carefully tested the spacecraft's heat shield several times before launch.
A note on using this word
'Spacecraft' is both singular and plural, unlike 'spaceship,' which follows regular plural rules.
Words with a similar meaning
spaceship
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