How to Use spaceport in a Sentence

spaceport

noun
  • The sun is now rising over the spaceport and the winds are calm.
    — Washington Post, 11 July 2021
  • Launches from the spaceport have more than tripled over the last five years.
    — Katelyn Ferral, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Ukraine has a Russian spaceport in its sights.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
  • This was the eighth Falcon 9 launch from the spaceport this year.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The upcoming test flight will be the first for both Eris and the spaceport.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 May 2025
  • New spaceports require large amounts of land, take time to build, and are very expensive to set up.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Putin himself has intervened to try to get the high-profile spaceport project back on track.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2018
  • Visitors can check out the exhibits and shows at the space center, or take a bus tour of the spaceport.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2024
  • If a vehicle doesn't make it to the spaceport in time for prep, the window will shut on their fingers.
    — Sarah Scoles, WIRED, 2 May 2018
  • Britain’s space agency announced plans to create a spaceport from which to launch rockets.
    — Robert Wall, WSJ, 21 July 2018
  • The spaceport proposal calls for much of that to be cleared away without explaining how.
    — New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Canada’s spaceport plans are not without critics.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Canada’s spaceport plans are not without critics.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • At times, the spaceport feels as much like a prototype as Soleri’s drawings.
    — Ingrid Burrington, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2018
  • And the space bill will allow the construction of spaceports, and the launch of missions from Britain.
    — Robert Hutton, Bloomberg.com, 19 June 2017
  • Portugal green-lights Azores spaceport.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This is America’s busiest spaceport, and the water is coming.
    — John Schwartz, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2016
  • The latest mishap is the fourth time a satellite launched from the Khomeini spaceport has failed to reach outer space.
    — Tim Pearce, Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2020
  • The spaceport also served as the home for NASA's space shuttle fleet.
    — Tariq Malik Space.com Managing Editor, Fox News, 29 May 2017
  • Jobs and innovation were said to be benefits of the spaceport funding.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • All those sats will need a ride into space, and that’s music to the ears of launch providers in search of missions and spaceports in need of working tenants.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2018
  • Modern couches line the floor-to-ceiling windows at the spaceport with panoramic views of the surrounding desert.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 15 Aug. 2019
  • As a result, Kennedy Space Center had to learn how to become a spaceport landlord.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2018
  • Instead, its space agency has relied on spaceports closer to the equator, like that in French Guiana.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 4 Mar. 2015
  • Marc Andrew, from nearby Newquay, traveled to the spaceport after work to see the aircraft land this week.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The telescope will sail through the Panama Canal to Europe’s spaceport near Kourou.
    — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 11 May 2021
  • The recent test saw the rocket’s first stage fired on the ground at Hainan Island (China’s coastal spaceport).
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
  • That second factor had to do with all the work, the heavy lifting, MLS has done to date, to build a spaceport from the ground up.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
  • More than half of all of SpaceX’s launches so far this year have lifted off from the California spaceport.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
  • The state also has potential future spaceports from the Panhandle to the Keys.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2025

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