How to Use spaceflight in a Sentence

spaceflight

noun
  • For the spaceflight, the breeding had to be timed just right.
    — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2021
  • This will be the first spaceflight for Douglas.
    — Brendan Byrne, NPR, 9 June 2026
  • Those would both be firsts in the history of spaceflight.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But that is, again, not what our human spaceflight program is about.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Once again, this will serve the future of human spaceflight.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Apollo 8, Frank had promised his wife, would be his last spaceflight.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 17 July 2019
  • But at its core lies the spaceflight equivalent of a bloodhound’s nose.
    — science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Human spaceflight gives us eyes on the grounds, hands on the ground, everything else.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 18 Sep. 2023
  • That's the question of human spaceflight.
    — New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
  • As the above examples show, human spaceflight is risky.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This is the first spaceflight for Dominick, Epps and Grebenkin.
    — Russell Lewis, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
  • She is poised to break new ground for access and inclusion in human spaceflight.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Dec. 2025
  • This will be Williams' third spaceflight and the first for Cassada.
    — Antonia Jaramillo, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2020
  • In spaceflight terms, six landings on the moon back in the sixties and seventies doesn't mean much.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • That's five times the total number of satellites humans have launched since the dawn of spaceflight.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 2 July 2020
  • But that wasn’t the end of spaceflight for the Wright brothers’ invention.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • While that spaceflight had a research focus, the Thursday launch will flaunt tourists for the first time.
    — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The company has said that the last spaceflight with an all-female crew was more than 60 years ago.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Earlier spaceflights had even more basic systems — or none at all.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The mission is also set to break the record for the furthest human spaceflight from Earth.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This type of data is viewed as central to prepare humans for long-distance spaceflight.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • At the time, the US had logged just 15 minutes of human spaceflight.
    — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The Thanksgiving launch will kick off the first spaceflight for Williams and Mikaev.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Their mission is the third spaceflight for Dong and the first for both Zhongrui and Jie.
    — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Their mission is the third spaceflight for Dong and the first for both Zhongrui and Jie.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
  • SpaceX just launched the first-ever human spaceflight to circle Earth over its poles.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • SpaceX just launched the first-ever human spaceflight to circle Earth over its poles.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2026
  • SpaceX just launched the first-ever human spaceflight to circle Earth over its poles.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The first all-civilian, all-private spaceflight splashed down off the coast of Florida.
    — Ramin Skibba, Wired, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The crew also met the men and women charged with preparing the Orion for spaceflight.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023

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