1. a vehicle designed to travel in outer space

Examples

• The spacecraft launched successfully from Cape Canaveral.
• NASA’s spacecraft will orbit Mars for two years.
• The crew prepared the spacecraft for its journey to the International Space Station.
• Scientists are designing a new spacecraft to explore Jupiter’s moons.
• The unmanned spacecraft collected samples from the asteroid.
• Mission control lost contact with the spacecraft for several hours.
• The spacecraft’s heat shield protected it during reentry.