space travel
Journeying beyond Earth
Space travel is the activity of journeying beyond Earth's atmosphere, whether to orbit, the moon, or more distant destinations.
The term encompasses both crewed missions and unmanned spacecraft: Space travel has advanced dramatically since the 1960s.
It often carries connotations of human ambition and technological achievement: Her childhood dream was space travel.
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
- launchpadRocket departure platform
- orbitCurved celestial path
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
ESA · cosmonaut · capsule · liftoff · reentry · docking · mission control · countdown
Complete system or domain
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
- black holeCollapsed star's remnant
- supernovaExploding massive star
dark matter · dark energy · wormhole · event horizon · singularity · quasar · cosmic rays · interstellar
Resolved dispute or colony
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- outpostRemote military station
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
- MarsRed planet, war deity
moonbase · asteroid mining · pioneering · colony · dome · biodome · hydroponics · radiation shielding
Force driving movement forward
- thrustersPropulsion devices for steering
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- HubbleRenowned astronomer's surname
zero-gravity · life support · heat shield · solar sail · fuel cell · booster · guidance system · telemetry
rocket
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
NASA · ESA · cosmonaut · capsule · liftoff · reentry · docking · mission control · countdown · splashdown
universe
Complete system or domain
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
- black holeCollapsed star's remnant
supernova · dark matter · dark energy · wormhole · event horizon · singularity · quasar · cosmic rays · interstellar · multiverse
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- outpostRemote military station
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
Mars · moonbase · asteroid mining · pioneering · colony · dome · biodome · hydroponics · radiation shielding · self-sustaining
propulsion
Force driving movement forward
- thrustersPropulsion devices for steering
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
Hubble · zero-gravity · life support · heat shield · solar sail · fuel cell · booster · guidance system · telemetry · airlock
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, liftoff, orbit, countdown
- Space Ageastronaut, cosmonaut, rocket, satellite, orbit
- space fictionscience fiction, sci-fi, astronaut, rocket ship, alien
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- spacesun, moon, stars, star, Earth
- transport themesaviation, nautical, railroad, automotive, flight
space travelsea travel
Transport across water
ocean travel · aviation · air travel · ground transportation · cave exploration
space travelwalking
Locomotion on foot
hiking · subsistence farming · horseback riding · Luddism · sailing
space travelstaying put
Remaining in place
staying home · sedentary life · rootedness · groundedness · immobility
space, travel, spaceship, spacecraft, aerospace, spaceport, spacer, spacesuit, spaceflight