spaceflight program

noun
UK /ˈspeɪsflaɪt ˈprəʊɡræm/
US /ˈspeɪsflaɪt ˈproʊɡræm/

A plan by a country or group to send people or machines into space.

The spaceflight program sent a rocket to the moon.

SYNONYMS

space programspace exploration programspace mission programspace agency program

RELATED WORDS

rocketastronautspacecraftlaunchmission

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The group of people and machines that carry out space missions.

The spaceflight program employs many engineers and scientists.

3. A series of planned space missions over many years.

The country's spaceflight program includes trips to Mars.

4. The money and support a government gives to space travel.

The new spaceflight program got more funding this year.