spaceships
Rockets beyond Earth
Spaceships are vehicles designed for travel beyond Earth's atmosphere, whether in science fiction or actual space exploration.
The word evokes both the fantastical craft of movies and novels—often capable of faster-than-light travel and equipped with ray guns—and the very real rockets and capsules that have carried humans to the moon and satellites into orbit.
The kids played spaceships in the backyard.
Spacecraft is the more technical term preferred in aerospace contexts.
Fictional interstellar vessel
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- shuttleShort-distance transport
- orbiterBody circling another
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
module · cruiser · frigate · destroyer · freighter · transporter · mothership · spaceplane
Outer covering or frame
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- airlockTwo-doored pressure transition space
- cargo bayVehicle storage compartment
hangar · docking port · life support · shields · weapons · turret · laser cannon · torpedo
Propulsion devices for steering
- enginesMachines converting fuel to motion
- warp driveHypothetical superluminal propulsion system
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
- fusionJoining into unity
antimatter · solar sail · impulse · FTL · lightspeed · afterburner · booster · reactor
starship
Fictional interstellar vessel
capsule · module · cruiser · frigate · destroyer · freighter · transporter · mothership · spaceplane · fighter
hull
Outer covering or frame
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- airlockTwo-doored pressure transition space
cargo bay · hangar · docking port · life support · shields · weapons · turret · laser cannon · torpedo · deflector
thrusters
Propulsion devices for steering
- enginesMachines converting fuel to motion
- warp driveHypothetical superluminal propulsion system
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
fusion · antimatter · solar sail · impulse · FTL · lightspeed · afterburner · booster · reactor · fuel cell
Enterprise
Named vessel or brand
- Millennium FalconCorellian freighter spacecraft
- SerenityName evoking peace
- DiscoveryVessel or network name
TARDIS · X-wing · Death Star · Borg cube · Normandy · Rocinante · Bebop · Yamato
- sci-fiscience fiction, Star Wars, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens
- Legobricks, brick, blocks, sets, plate
- UFOsUFO, flying saucers, UFOs, flying saucer, aliens
- toysteddy bear, doll, dolls, stuffed animal, puzzles
- transportationcar, bus, airplane, train, plane
- game environmentsdungeons, arenas, mazes, open worlds, labyrinths
spaceshipssubmarines
Underwater naval vessels
boats · ships · watercraft · ocean liners · airplanes
spaceshipsdugout canoes
Vessels carved from trunks
rowboats · sailing ships · chariots · walking · pack animals