spacefaring

See also: space-faring

English

Etymology

space +‎ faring, by analogy with seafaring.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈspeɪsfæɹɪŋ/

Adjective

spacefaring (not comparable)

  1. Engaged in the building and launching of vehicles into space.
    • 1985, Krafft Ehricke, Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Lunar and Planetary Institute,, →ISBN, page 830:
      If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, He would have given man a moon.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rachni Codex entry:
      Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space. Over 2000 years ago, explorers foolishly opened a mass relay to a previously-unknown system and encountered something never seen before or since: a species of spacefaring insects guided by a hive-mind intelligence.
    • December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine‎:
      His startup rocket company, SpaceX, has leapfrogged Boeing and others to own America’s spacefaring future.

Noun

spacefaring (uncountable)

  1. (The practice of) spaceflight.
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