| space capsule n. A vehicle or compartment of a vehicle designed to transport, protect, and support humans or animals in outer space or at very high altitudes in Earth's atmosphere. |
space capsule
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(Astronautics) a vehicle, sometimes carrying people or animals, designed to obtain scientific information from space, planets, etc., and be recovered on returning to earth
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| Noun | 1. |  space capsule - a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer spaceballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft - a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun |
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