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space travel

American  

noun

  1. spaceflight of manned vehicles.


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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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