Spacefaring (Noun)
Meaning
A voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The crew of the spaceship underwent rigorous training to prepare for the challenges of a spacefaring mission to Mars.
- As the world's first spacefaring nation, the United States has made numerous historic achievements in outer space exploration.
- Spacefaring has become increasingly accessible with the development of private space companies and reusable rockets.
- The spacefaring era began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite into Earth's orbit.
- After centuries of dreaming, humanity finally achieved spacefaring status with the launch of the first astronaut, Yuri Gagarin, into Earth's orbit on April 12, 1961.