spacefaring
Voyaging through space
Spacefaring describes the activity of traveling or operating in outer space, or the capacity to do so: a spacefaring civilization, spacefaring nations.
The word echoes seafaring, suggesting routine capability rather than isolated achievement.
A spacefaring people have moved beyond single launches to sustained presence beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Spacecraft crew member
- cosmonautRussian orbital traveler
- taikonautChinese space traveler
- roverDrifter or space explorer
- probeThorough examination or tool
telescope · observatory · mission · discovery · reconnaissance · survey · mapping · orbital
Fictional interstellar vessel
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- crewWorking team aboard
- missionPurpose-driven task
odyssey · voyager · trajectory · launch · propulsion · docking · reentry · splashdown
Complete system or domain
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
astrophysics · quasar · redshift · blueshift · pulsar · magnetar
Resolved dispute or colony
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- outpostRemote military station
- frontierEdge of settlement
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
biodome · biosphere · hydroponics · mining · expansion · homesteading · offworld · pioneers
Fictional superluminal propulsion
- cryosleepFrozen preservation of sleepers
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
- stasisState of inactivity
Non-native being
- martianNative of fourth planet
- jovianGas giant descriptor
- xenobiologyStudy of alien organisms
- astrobiologyStudy of cosmic organisms
astronaut
Spacecraft crew member
probe · telescope · observatory · mission · discovery · reconnaissance · survey · mapping · orbital · flyby
starship
Fictional interstellar vessel
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- crewWorking team aboard
mission · odyssey · voyager · trajectory · launch · propulsion · docking · reentry · splashdown · interstellar
universe
Complete system or domain
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
cosmology · astrophysics · quasar · redshift · blueshift · pulsar · magnetar
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
colony · biodome · biosphere · hydroponics · mining · expansion · homesteading · offworld · pioneers
hyperdrive
Fictional superluminal propulsion
- cryosleepFrozen preservation of sleepers
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
- stasisState of inactivity
alien
Non-native being
- martianNative of fourth planet
- jovianGas giant descriptor
- xenobiologyStudy of alien organisms
astrobiology · biosignature · exoplanet · extremophile · panspermia
- Sci-Fi Termsfuturistic, alien, robotic, cybernetic, galactic
- space fictionscience fiction, sci-fi, astronaut, spacecraft, rocket ship
spacefaringearthbound
Confined to terra firma
grounded · terrestrial · landbound · ground-based · landlocked
spacefaringpre-industrial
Before mass manufacturing emerged
primitive · agrarian · stone-age · undeveloped · Stone Age
spacefaringplanetary
Of or relating to worlds
geocentric · insular · isolated · provincial
space, faring, fare, spaceship, seafaring, spaceman, aerospace, spacemen, wayfaring