spacefaring
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6.5
- noun
- Specialized
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viaje espacial
- The new astronauts trained rigorously for their upcoming spacefaring mission.
- spacefaring technology
Examples
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When humans reached the far side of Beta Galaxy, they found the spacefaring Corridor had settled seven star systems.
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And there's a very small chance that a spacefaring civilization would be able to flag one of them down.
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The United States did not have to make that investment; it could have chosen to act like many other major nations, such as China, Brazil, and Turkey. But because it did, the nation became the foremost air- and spacefaring power in the world.
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The latter episodes were great improvements, and I did enjoy that when the Enterprise first went into space, they got their buns kicked by every other spacefaring race.
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In Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky, evil spacefaring aliens carefully monitor a planetbound species' science to avoid detection.
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The documentary explored the challenges of spacefaring and the future of human exploration beyond Earth.
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Advancements in spacefaring technologies are crucial for potential colonization of Mars.
Synonyms
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3.7
To go beyond the air around the Earth in a rocket
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4.6
A trip into outer space beyond Earth's atmosphere
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spacefaring as a noun is made from space + faring, like seafaring for the sea, and it points to the idea of 'to travel' beyond Earth by rockets or spacecraft. So spacefaring means the activity of travelling in outer space.