starport
Spacecraft landing facility
A starport is a facility for spacecraft to land, dock, refuel, and transfer passengers or cargo—essentially an airport for interstellar or interplanetary travel.
The term appears almost exclusively in science fiction: The freighter touched down at the orbital starport.
In fiction, starports range from dusty frontier outposts to gleaming megastructures handling traffic from across the galaxy.
Rocket departure platform
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- thrustForceful forward motion
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
booster · fuel · trajectory · gantry · rocket · shuttle · docking · refueling
Vehicle for outer space
- spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- cruiserVehicle for extended patrol
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
shuttle · cantina · smuggler · pilot · droid · hologram · credits
Faster-than-light travel medium
- astrogationInterstellar course plotting
- deep-spaceRegions beyond nearby planets
- spacefaringAble to traverse cosmos
- galacticRelating to stellar systems
voyager · colony · federation · freighter · exploration · exoplanet · lightyear · parsec
Two-doored pressure transition space
- concourseOpen gathering area
- gatesMovable barriers at openings
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- arrivalsThose who come
departures · customs · immigration · quarantine · check-in · security · duty-free · lounge
launchpad
Rocket departure platform
propulsion · booster · fuel · trajectory · gantry · rocket · shuttle · docking · refueling
spacecraft
Vehicle for outer space
- spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- cruiserVehicle for extended patrol
freighter · shuttle · cantina · smuggler · pilot · droid · hologram · credits
hyperspace
Faster-than-light travel medium
- astrogationInterstellar course plotting
- deep-spaceRegions beyond nearby planets
- spacefaringAble to traverse cosmos
galactic · voyager · colony · federation · freighter · exploration · exoplanet · lightyear · parsec · alien
airlock
Two-doored pressure transition space
arrivals · departures · customs · immigration · quarantine · check-in · security · duty-free · lounge · passengers
starportairport
Aviation passenger facility
seaport · harbor · train station · bus station · subway station
star, port, stars, ports, starred, starring, starry, starlit, starlight