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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle that travels through space. Spacecraft include robotic or unmanned space probes as well as manned vehicles.

The term spaceship is generally applied only to spacecraft capable of transporting people.

A spacesuit has at times been called a miniature spacecraft or spaceship, emphasizing its purpose of keeping its wearer alive while traveling in the vacuum of outer space.

Some spacecraft:

WMAP
Voyager I and II
Stardust
Shenzhou spacecraft
Cassini
Pioneer 10
Genesis (spacecraft)

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