Explore Spaceplane through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Spaceplane meaning
A rocketplane designed to pass the edge of space, combining certain features of aircraft and spacecraft.
Using Spaceplane
- The main meaning on this page is: A rocketplane designed to pass the edge of space, combining certain features of aircraft and spacecraft.
- In the example corpus, spaceplane often appears in combinations such as: the spaceplane.
Context around Spaceplane
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spaceplane
- In this selection, "spaceplane" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, powered, aurora, iii, vss, project and toward stand out and add context to how "spaceplane" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a military spaceplane project called and an unpowered spaceplane could re. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spaceplane" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spaceplane
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The spaceplane is testing reusable technology, according to Chinese state media. (11 words)
But in recent years, we have seen a return of the spaceplane design. (13 words)
The Pentagon has not said how high the spaceplane would fly this time out. (14 words)
This spaceplane was designed for a crew and strongly resembled the U.S. Space Shuttle, although its drop-off boosters used liquid propellants and its main engines were located at the base of what would be the external tank in the American Shuttle. (43 words)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A on Thursday, then its first stage booster touched down on a nearby landing target after sending a U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane toward orbit. (41 words)
A suborbital science lab has been installed within the cabin of the SpaceShipTwo aircraft VSS Unity, which is the rocket-powered spaceplane that transports passengers for Virgin Galactic. (28 words)
Example sentences (12)
A suborbital science lab has been installed within the cabin of the SpaceShipTwo aircraft VSS Unity, which is the rocket-powered spaceplane that transports passengers for Virgin Galactic.
The Mk-II Aurora spaceplane will host earth monitoring, microgravity research, disaster management, and atmospheric measurement.
The Orion III spaceplane from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, is being purchased by United Airlines for daily flights to the moon.
The Pentagon has not said how high the spaceplane would fly this time out.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane, VSS Unity, attached to its VMS Eve mothership ahead of its June 29 flight.
A military spaceplane project called was started in the US in 1957, then cancelled just after construction started.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A on Thursday, then its first stage booster touched down on a nearby landing target after sending a U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane toward orbit.
But in recent years, we have seen a return of the spaceplane design.
The spaceplane is testing reusable technology, according to Chinese state media.
ESA originally designed Ariane 5 to launch the Hermes spaceplane, and thus intended it to be human rated from the beginning.
In August 1973, the X-24B proved that an unpowered spaceplane could re-enter Earth's atmosphere for a horizontal landing.
This spaceplane was designed for a crew and strongly resembled the U.S. Space Shuttle, although its drop-off boosters used liquid propellants and its main engines were located at the base of what would be the external tank in the American Shuttle.
Common combinations with spaceplane
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: