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space capsule

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noun

  1. a vehicle, sometimes carrying people or animals, designed to obtain scientific information from space, planets, etc, and be recovered on returning to earth

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In the video, the Oxford band showed a visit they had made to Nasa headquarters at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida - during which the band sat in the Orion space capsule.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

That was about five years after SpaceX sent astronauts Robert Behnken External link and Douglas Hurley External link there aboard a Dragon space capsule.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Lockheed-Martin is responsible for the Orion space capsule for Artemis II and III. Boeing and Blue Origin will continue to be major contributors to America’s space programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

The space capsule atop the rocket separated and went into orbit eight minutes after the launch and began a two-day, 34-orbit trip to the space station.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2024

The space capsule shot deep into the water, turning upside down on its journey.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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