starliner

Noun

Meaning

starliner (plural starliners)

(science fiction) A large starship capable of transporting many passengers.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

liner airliner starship jetliner stardrive spaceliner

Examples

A software error left the Starliner capsule in the wrong orbit in December and precluded a docking with the International Space Station. Source: Internet

Boeing’s Starliner capsule made its premiere last December with Rosie the mannequin, but ended up in the wrong orbit. Source: Internet

A full-size Starliner mock-up and its landing airbags performed well at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, during two recent drop tests onto a landing surface representative of the program’s western U.S. landing sites. Source: Internet

Along with the Boeing Starliner, the Crew Dragon will start making crewed space flights in 2017. Source: Internet

But the critical orbit insertion rocket firing never happened, and the Starliner continued along a trajectory that, without quick corrective action, would have resulted in a catastrophic unplanned re-entry. Source: Internet

Besides the Solar Orbiter and Mars 2020 launches for NASA, ULA is on contract with Boeing to launch the first piloted flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew capsule with three astronauts heading for the International Space Station. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

starlike starlikeness Starlin starling starlinglike Starliper