An aircraft that takes off and lands conventionally but is capable of entry into orbit or travel through space.
航天飞机
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As an engineer for the aerospace firm starting in the late 1980s, Zubrin worked on projects ranging from a nuclear rocket engine to a spaceplane.
With nothing but the nearby town in view, one can easily imagine a future where spaceplanes take off and land from a bustling facility on the site.
Projects like the HOTOL spaceplane have been rare exceptions to British disinterest in human spaceflight.
It will not be easy to get from X Prize-class craft like SpaceShipOne to a genuine orbital spaceplane.
After disconnecting from the tanker, the spaceplane starts its rocket engine and climbs to 70 mile altitude and Mach 15.
The Romanian team will present a mock-up of a new winged spaceplane called Orizont.
At present NASA is committed to the construction of a light spaceplane for carrying astronauts to and from the beleaguered International Space Station - now manned by an emergency crew of two.
Whatever its technological virtues, the shuttle will probably be the last attempt to build a multi-purpose spaceplane.
Definition of spaceplane in US English:
spaceplane
nounˈspeɪspleɪnˈspāsplān
An aircraft that takes off and lands conventionally but is capable of entry into orbit or travel through space.
航天飞机
Example sentencesExamples
At present NASA is committed to the construction of a light spaceplane for carrying astronauts to and from the beleaguered International Space Station - now manned by an emergency crew of two.
Projects like the HOTOL spaceplane have been rare exceptions to British disinterest in human spaceflight.
It will not be easy to get from X Prize-class craft like SpaceShipOne to a genuine orbital spaceplane.
After disconnecting from the tanker, the spaceplane starts its rocket engine and climbs to 70 mile altitude and Mach 15.
As an engineer for the aerospace firm starting in the late 1980s, Zubrin worked on projects ranging from a nuclear rocket engine to a spaceplane.
The Romanian team will present a mock-up of a new winged spaceplane called Orizont.
Whatever its technological virtues, the shuttle will probably be the last attempt to build a multi-purpose spaceplane.
With nothing but the nearby town in view, one can easily imagine a future where spaceplanes take off and land from a bustling facility on the site.