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