space vehicle
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3.5
- noun
- /speɪs ˈviːɪkl/
- Specialized
:
vehículo espacial
- Each space vehicle is designed with advanced technology to support life during long missions in space.
- space vehicle launch
- new space vehicle
- space vehicle technology
Blue Origin is a, a, a space, a company that's developing a vertical take off vertical landing space vehicle.
- Blue Origin is a, a, a space, a company that's developing a vertical take off vertical landing space vehicle.
Examples
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It's simply too far away from Earth, beyond the range of any space vehicles capable of carrying humans to service it.
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Space vehicle launch, docking, navigation, and landing will require complex interactions between automated systems and human operators.
Academic text (2006) -
How can they operate a space vehicle?
Fiction book (2002) -
I suspect the available pool will become even smaller following the first accident with a commercial space vehicle.
Blog text (1) -
The group setting up the contest, the X Prize Foundation, used a cash prize to lure a private company to launch its own space vehicle.
Academic text (2007) -
Their first demonstration flight with the Cygnus space vehicle is scheduled for the beginning of 2013.
Blog text (11) -
Don't forget that any space vehicle that leaves near-Earth orbit will be exposed to the solar wind.
Blog text (5) -
The first commercial space vehicles will be safer than the earliest airliners, but not as safe as today's airliners.
Blog text (1) -
The astronauts boarded the space vehicle before the historic launch to Mars.
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Engineers tested the new space vehicle to ensure it could withstand the harsh conditions of outer space.
Synonyms
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3.5
An artificial object placed in orbit to send information or gather data from space
535
3.9
A vehicle with a powerful engine that carries people or cargo into space
165
4.2
A vehicle that travels in outer space
164
4.3
A vehicle that carries people between planets or stars, often in stories
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4.2
A reusable vehicle with wings that carries people and cargo to space and returns to Earth
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7.9
A small vehicle that carries people and goods between a spaceship and a space station
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7.5
A machine that moves around a planet or moon to study it
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4.2
A machine sent into space without people to study planets and send information back
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4.2
A small spacecraft that carries people in space and returns to Earth
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4.0
A large machine that carries people or things from Earth into space
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7.1
A vehicle that can fly like a plane and travel into space
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3.9
A spacecraft that delivers food, equipment, and spare parts to a space station
A small spacecraft that follows a curved path to carry people into space
How Capable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a craft designed to travel in outer space' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'space' (the cosmos) with 'vehicle' (a conveyance) — literally a vehicle for space. This literal, transparent formation is cross-linguistically common and follows predictable English noun + noun compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Space vehicle is a compound noun that pictures a spacecraft as a vehicle that moves in space. So, the name helps us see it is a craft made to travel in 'outer space'.