space travel
Americannoun
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The books take place in a galaxy where space travel is fast and many people live in indentured servitude to giant corporations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
To reignite waning interest in space travel, Musk had initially tried concocting a publicity stunt to send plant seeds to Mars in hope of sprouting new life there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
But astronomers’ ability to find any such planet remains somewhat limited by the restrictions of even unmanned space travel.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
The Orion spacecraft performed admirably and the images the astronauts captured have delighted a whole new generation about the possibilities of space travel.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
In the early days of space travel, one consideration in choosing astronauts was weight.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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