Meanings
nounspace capsule (plural space capsules)
plural space capsules
- A vehicle (or a compartment of a vehicle) designed to transport, and provide life support for people in space, and during reentry through the Earth's atmosphere
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
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Translations
Catalan càpsula espacial
- càpsula espacialvehicle or compartment designed to transport people in space and during reentry
Chinese Mandarin 航天艙 /航天舱
- 航天艙 /航天舱 (hángtiāncāng)vehicle or compartment designed to transport people in space and during reentry
Finnish avaruuskapseli
- avaruuskapselivehicle or compartment designed to transport people in space and during reentry
French capsule spatiale
- capsule spatialevehicle or compartment designed to transport people in space and during reentry
German Raumkapsel
- Raumkapselvehicle or compartment designed to transport people in space and during reentry
Japanese 宇宙カプセル, スペースカプセル
- 宇宙カプセル (uchū kapuseru)vehicle or compartment designed to transport people in space and during reentry
- スペースカプセル (supēsukapuseru)vehicle or compartment designed to transport people in space and during reentry
Romanian capsulă cosmică
- capsulă cosmicăvehicle or compartment designed to transport people in space and during reentry
Russian спуска́емый аппара́т, косми́ческая ка́псула
- спуска́емый аппара́т (spuskájemyj apparát)vehicle or compartment designed to transport people in space and during reentry
- косми́ческая ка́псула (kosmíčeskaja kápsula)vehicle or compartment designed to transport people in space and during reentry
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space capsule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/space%20capsule
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“space capsule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/space%20capsule. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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