space·craft

[speys-kraft, -krahft]
noun, plural spacecraft.
a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.

Origin:
1955–60; space + craft

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spacecraft (ˈspeɪsˌkrɑːft) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a manned or unmanned vehicle designed to orbit the earth or travel to celestial objects for the purpose of research, exploration, etc

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spacecraft is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Example sentences
They can also travel further from their spacecraft because, in an emergency,
  they can get back faster.
The angle of observation was different for the two spacecraft but you can see
  some of the same features.
Burrowing into an asteroid and using it as a spacecraft solves a lot of
  problems that a conventional spacecraft has.
Equally exciting, if less glamorous, will be the maiden voyages of spacecraft
  at the blue-collar end of space travel.
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