Definition of Space capsule

1. Noun. A spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space.

Exact synonyms: Capsule
Generic synonyms: Ballistic Capsule, Space Vehicle, Spacecraft

Definition of Space capsule

1. Noun. A vehicle (or a compartment of a vehicle) designed to transport, and provide life support for people in space, and during reentry through the Earth's atmosphere ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Space Capsule

space-travel
space adaptation syndrome
space age
space alien
space aliens
space attenuation
space bar
space bars
space biology
space blanket
space blankets
space cadet
space cadets
space cake
space cakes
space capsule (current term)
space capsules
space case
space cases
space centrode
space centrodes
space charge
space charges
space cloth
space communication
space communications
space complexity
space curve
space curves
space debris

Literary usage of Space capsule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wind by Ed Darack (1998)
"... Tip of Baja Califotnia Peninsula as Seen Fmm The Gemeni 5 space capsule Isla San José, ... ftom the Gemini 5 space capsule. ..."

2. A Review of ICITAP's Screening Procedures for Contractors Sent to Iraq as edited by Barry Leonard (2005)
"19 December: In an unmanned test of the Mercury space capsule, NASA uses a Redstone rocket booster to launch the capsule from Cape Canaveral. ..."

3. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"... was announced in the spring of, and work proceeded on the development and testing of the Mercury space capsule, including unmanned test launches in. ..."

4. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"... my father's opinion was that Man would never be able to inhabit a space capsule, much less the moon, because "Man cannot get away from his Sphere. ..."

5. At the Hour of Death by Karlis Osis, Erlendur Haraldsson (1997)
"He thought he was riding in a space capsule. Objects, people went floating past him. He was struggling to get out of there. Here the same sensations seem to ..."

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