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Noun

1. ballistic capsule

2. space vehicle, craft, satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter

Usage
Chinese Spacecraft Approaches Mysterious Object Near Earth - Futurism
Voyager 1 was launched in 1977 with a suite of 10 science instruments — as of 2026, only two remain switched on, and the spacecraft's nuclear power source loses roughly 4 watts every year, a slow drain that is now deciding what humanity still gets to learn fr - ScienceBlog.com
Making history! China lands rocket during an orbital launch for 1st time ever (video) - Space
NASA's Psyche spacecraft, on its way to a metal-rich asteroid, used Mars as a gravitational slingshot in May 2026, skimming just 2,800 miles above the planet to gain the speed it needed — Mars as a stepping stone rather than a destination - Space Daily
FCC approves orbital space mirrors, first test satellites will launch this year — large spacecraft reflects sunlight to Earth’s surface for construction sites, search-and-rescue lighting, and more - Tom's Hardware
On-Orbit Checkouts in Progress for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift - NASA Science (.gov)
NASA’s New Horizons Wakes Up From Hibernation Beyond Pluto, More Than 10 Billion Kilometers from Earth - ZME Science
Space Force Has a New Weapon to Blind Enemy Satellites - Gizmodo
Future moon landings could wipe out clues to how life began on Earth - ScienceDaily
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon set for first ISS mission - The Indian Express
Two spacecraft deliver stunning new close-up photos of asteroids - Mashable
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes from Hibernation in Good Health - NASA Science (.gov)
A spacecraft called DART was deliberately crashed into an asteroid in 2022 to test whether humanity could deflect one, and it worked — the asteroid's orbit changed measurably, the first time humans have intentionally altered the movement of a natural body in - ScienceBlog.com
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Passed Within 2,864 Miles of Mars, Gained 1,000 MPH Without Using Onboard Propellant, and Is Now Headed for a Metal World That May Be an Early Planet’s Exposed Core - 19FortyFive
Researchers design crash-resistant locator beacons for nuclear spacecraft - Aerospace America
NASA's New Horizons probe just woke up from hibernation 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto. What's it doing out there? - Space
Eye on Dragonfly: Dragonfly Comes Together - Johns Hopkins University
From interplanetary spaceships to reactors on the Moon, the future of space travel is quietly turning nuclear, and engineers explain why - OkDiario
Voyager Spacecraft: The Ultimate Power Management Challenge? - EE Times
In Deep Space, China Meets Earth’s ‘Amazing’ Quasi-Moon - The New York Times
First commercial nuclear satellite launched on SpaceX mission -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire - American Nuclear Society -- ANS
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reaches 6 billion miles from Earth - Mashable
Launching from 2 continents: Germany's Isar Aerospace leases Canadian pad for $150 million - Space
Teams Make Contact With Spacecraft Set to Boost NASA’s Swift - NASA Science (.gov)
Voyager 1 is now so far away that its plutonium power source is quietly fading, and sometime in the 2030s NASA will switch off its final instrument, ending the only signal ever sent to us from interstellar space. - ScienceBlog.com
LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift Observatory - NASA (.gov)
Scientists Test New Spacecraft Thruster That Uses No Fuel, Just Earth's Magnetic Field, in Orbit - Futurism
Orbiting AI Data Centers Push Spacecraft Designs To New Extremes - Aviation Week
SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite - Space
Voyager 1 Has Traveled Through Space at 38,000 Mph Since 1977 And Still Hasn't Reached 1 Light-Day - ScienceAlert
Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by last year - Space
NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Just Woke Up From a Long Nap Ahead of Exploring Beyond Pluto - CNET
Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 beams back first image of Earth’s “mini moon” - Scientific American
A Chinese Spacecraft Just Arrived At Earth’s ‘Quasi Moon’ - Forbes
China’s Tianwen-2 Spacecraft Reaches Earth’s Quasi-Moon after One Billion-Kilometer Journey - Sci.News
European spacecraft company opens Houston lab, plans major US hiring - Houston Chronicle
Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon set for first space mission aboard Soyuz spacecraft - Firstpost
Artemis II crew returns to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for first time - Florida Today
NASA is keeping Voyager 1 alive by switching off instruments and heaters one by one—but it cannot let the spacecraft become so cold that its fuel lines freeze. If those lines fail, Voyager could lose the thrusters that keep its antenna aimed at Earth, permanently - Space Daily
One Light-Day Away: Voyager's Epic Voyage - Rediff
Phew! 8 times astronauts diced with death and got away with it – showing just how dangerous spaceflight really is - BBC Sky at Night Magazine
SpaceX ignites all 33 powerful engines on Starship booster ahead of Flight 13 launch (video) - Space
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for 35th time, hauls Starlink satellites to orbit (video) - Space
NASA just found a planet 'hiding' in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein - Space
A NASA spacecraft just woke up from a nearly yearlong nap - Mashable SEA
SpaceX has asked to place 100,000 Gen3 satellites into 20 orbital shells split between 323–327.5 and 473–477.5 kilometers above Earth, each weighing up to 2,500 kilograms — more than 200 million kilograms of spacecraft before a single launch vehicle or - Space Daily
Voyager 1 will reach a new milestone in November 2026: it will be so far from Earth that a radio signal travelling at the speed of light will take a full 24 hours to reach it — a distance humanity’s most distant spacecraft crossed in just over 49 years of continuous fl - Space Daily
The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites. Critics say 'our coasts deserve better' - Space
Experts Call for Spacecraft Redesign as Space Debris Threat Increases - Engineer Live
1 private spacecraft intercepts another on Space Force's groundbreaking 'Victus Haze' mission - Space
Florida company to launch first commercial nuclear spacecraft on SpaceX mission - Florida Today
Hayabusa-2 Snaps Stunning Close-Up Images of Asteroid Torifune during Flyby - Sci.News
BAE Systems introduces Ascent™ spacecraft to support space superiority and exploration - BAE Systems
Startup Aims To Catch A Falling Space Telescope - Aviation Week
China successfully tests sea-based rocket booster recovery system - Reuters
NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)
New black box helps track crashed nuclear spacecraft to prevent leaks - Interesting Engineering
SpaceX launches 81 satellites to orbit from California, lands rocket on ship at sea - Space
NASA CubeSat to Speed Technology Testing in Orbit - NASA (.gov)
Psyche Spacecraft Completes Mars Flyby - NASA (.gov)
Japanese company books 1,100 pounds of cargo space on SpaceX Starship mission to the moon - Space
NASA's race against time to rescue a falling satellite : Short Wave - NPR
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for record-breaking 36th time - Space
Firefly Aerospace Accelerates Spacecraft Production with Expanded Campus and Innovation Lab in Central Texas - Firefly Aerospace
On July 7, a small Miami company called City Labs put a tritium-powered battery the size of a pencil eraser into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 — its softball-sized BOHR CubeSat becoming the first commercial spacecraft ever cleared to carry a nuclear power - Space Daily
NASA's Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2026 - Space
NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after 6 months of silence - PBS
For 21 years, Voyager 1’s primary roll thrusters were considered dead. Then in 2025, NASA tried to wake them up from 15 billion miles away — knowing that if they fired cold, they could explode, but if they stayed dead, the spacecraft might one day lose its aim - Space Daily
In 1962, a missing overbar in Mariner 1’s guidance code helped send America’s Venus probe off course, forcing range safety to destroy an $18.5 million spacecraft in under five minutes - ScienceBlog.com
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from California (video) - Space
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Anil Menon Launch to Space Station - NASA (.gov)
This space telescope is falling. A robotic spacecraft may save it - Science News
Chinese spacecraft captures first image of asteroid orbiting Earth after 13-month journey to the tiny quasi-satellite - eciks.org
Surviving Deep Space: A Look at the Orion Spacecraft - Lockheed Martin
NASA to Preview Katalyst Mission to Boost Swift Spacecraft’s Orbit - NASA (.gov)
NASA X-ray spacecraft catches jet erupting from 1st supermassive black hole imaged by humanity - Space
Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 beams back first image of Earth’s “mini moon” - Yahoo
New Horizons awakens after longest hibernation, resumes science mission 9.5 billion km from Earth - The Watchers - Watching the world evolve and transform
US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence - NASA Science (.gov)
Loft Orbital to test AI models on spacecraft for Earth observation - SpaceNews
China spacecraft nears UH-discovered Kamoʻoalewa - University of Hawaii System
NASA to Cover Progress 95 Spacecraft Launch, Docking - NASA (.gov)
China's Spacecraft Snaps First-Ever Close-Up Image Of Earth's Rare 'Minimoon' - NDTV
Deep space software upgrade for Hera’s asteroid visit - European Space Agency
AstroForge Completes its DeepSpace-2 Spacecraft - Payload Space
Space Force’s new MUOS satellites to use Boeing’s 702MP spacecraft platform - SpaceNews
Apply for the Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Operations Training Course - European Space Agency
State, City Back Spacecraft Manufacturer, Adding 152 Jobs - City of Albuquerque (.gov)
Quantum Space wins Pentagon contract to develop orbital refueling spacecraft - SpaceNews
Metallic orbs wash up in Australia, and experts say they likely fell from a spacecraft - The Cool Down
Kerala's space success: Thiruvananthapuram firm's spacecraft part of SpaceX Transporter-17 mission - Deccan Herald
Solar Particles - NASA (.gov)
NASA to Showcase Mission to Boost Swift Spacecraft’s Orbit - NASA (.gov)
Cosmic Conjoined Twins, Caught on Camera - The New York Times
NASA to Cover Progress 94 Spacecraft Launch, Space Station Docking - NASA (.gov)
USSPACECOM’s component, AFSPACE, supports Artemis II spacecraft recovery operations - spacecom.mil
Lockheed Martin-built Orion Spacecraft Sends Astronauts Moonward for the First Time in 53 Years - Lockheed Martin
Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous tests in orbit - SpaceNews
Astroscale Leads New Industry Initiative on Spacecraft Reentry and Atmospheric Impact - Astroscale
Robotic Spacecraft for Swift Boost Mission Arrives at NASA Wallops - NASA Science (.gov)
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'spacecraft'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
spacevraft,   spavecraft,   spcaecraft,   spacecrafft,   spaccraft,   spacecradt,   spacecratf,   spacercaft,   spacecrafr,   spacrcraft,   spscecraft,   spacecrfat,   spacecrraft,   spacceraft,   spacectaft,   spaccecraft,   spacecraf,   spaacecraft,   dpacecraft,   spacwcraft,   spcecraft,   sapcecraft,   psacecraft,   pacecraft,   spacecarft,   spaecraft,   spaxecraft,   spaeccraft,   apacecraft,   spaceceaft,   spaceecraft,   spacecaft,   sspacecraft,   spacecrsft,   soacecraft,   spacecraaft,   spacecrft,   sacecraft,   spacexraft,   sppacecraft,   spaceccraft,   spacecragt,   spaceraft,   spacecrat,   spacecrafy,   spacecraftt,   s[acecraft
Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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