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[[File:Vostok1_descent_module.jpg|thumb|Vostok-1 descent module.]]A '''spacecraft''' is a vehicle, or machine designed to fly in outer space.
[[File:Vostok1_descent_module.jpg|thumb|Vostok-1 descent module.]]A '''spacecraft''' is a vehicle, or machine designed to fly in outer space.


== Purposes ==
Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, transportation of humans and cargo.


Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including:
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* Communications
* [[Liberace's Bathtub]]
* Earth observation
* [[Spacecraft]]
* Meteorology
* Navigation
* Space colonization
* Planetary exploration
* Transportation of humans and cargo


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
<gallery mode="traditional">
File:Francesco Lana de Terzi Flying boat 1670.png|link=Airship (nonfiction)|Francesco Lana de Terzi's [[Airship (nonfiction)|Aerial Ship]] design of 1670.
</gallery>


* [[Interstellar luxury cruiser (nonfiction)]]
* [[Interstellar luxury cruiser (nonfiction)]]
== Fiction cross-reference ==
* [[Liberace's Bathtub]]
* [[Spacecraft]]


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 05:26, 14 June 2016

Vostok-1 descent module.

A spacecraft is a vehicle, or machine designed to fly in outer space.

Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, transportation of humans and cargo.

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links