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space travel

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noun

  1. spaceflight of manned vehicles.


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Space travel and zero gravity can take a toll on the body.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

Space travel movies are as old as cinema itself, thanks to Georges Méliès’s landmark 1902 film, “A Trip to the Moon.”

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021

Space travel to Mars is supposed to be a bold and daring adventure.

From Slate • May 25, 2021

Space travel and nuclear power involve risk levels that have proved acceptable in military contexts but mostly not in civilian ones.

From Scientific American • Aug. 24, 2020

"Space travel is dangerous. They need to be alert and undistracted. They're sad that they lost a crewmate, but they'd be devastated if they found out they'd abandoned him alive."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir