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(Last edited: Friday, 2 June 2023, 5:06 PM)


Source: SpaceX (2016, September 25). SpaceX's proposed Interplanetary Spaceship, at Saturn.. wikimedia commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51812109

Definition:

Vehicle, machine or other apparatus designed to fly or orbit outside the Earth’s atmosphere, i.e. above the Kármán line of 100 km.

Etymology:

Closed compound noun, consisting of ‘space’ and ‘craft’

Translations:

  • English: spacecraft (neutr.) – [ˈspeɪskɹɑːft]
  • French: véhicule spatial (fem.) – [ve.i.kyl spa.sjal]
  • German: Raumfahrzeug (neutr.) – [ˈʁaʊ̯mfaːɐ̯ˌt͡sɔɪ̯k]
  • Polish: statek kosmiczny (masc.) – [ˈstatɛk kɔsˈmit͡ʂ.nɨ]
  • Portuguese: espaçonave (fem.) – [es.ˌpa.so.ˈna.ve]
  • Russian: космический аппарат (masc.) – [kɐsˈmʲit͡ɕɪskʲɪj ɐpɐˈrat]
  • Swedish:

Note: the Russian translation has a slightly different meaning as it includes devices operating in atmospheres and on surfaces of other celestial bodies.

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