spaceship

Everyday

A vehicle that can travel in space, especially one with people inside. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons pupils learn about rockets, space shuttles and the International Space Station. In stories and films, spaceships carry astronauts or aliens between planets. Phrases: build a spaceship, board the spaceship, alien spaceship.

Examples

• The astronauts climbed into the spaceship. tree →
• We built a spaceship out of cardboard boxes. tree →
• In the story, an alien spaceship landed in the park. tree →
• A spaceship needs huge rockets to leave Earth. tree →
• The spaceship orbited the Moon. tree →
• Draw your own spaceship and label its parts. tree →

Note

Countable: a spaceship, spaceships. One word. Real scientists more often say "spacecraft" (same in singular and plural). Myth: spaceships in films make loud noises in space, but sound cannot travel through empty space.