spaceward adj.
facing or directed towards space
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1940
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John Russell Fearn
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Sykes swept on through the mist, following close in the wake of the spaceward bacilli horde.
War of the Scientists in Amazing Stories Apr. 69/2 -
1941
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Clifford D. Simak
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Let one of those gadgets fail—let one of those spaceward beams sway as much as a fraction of a degree—Curt shuddered at the thought of a beam of terrific power smashing into a planet—perhaps into a city.
Masquerade in Astounding Science-Fiction Mar. 61/2 -
1942
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Jack Williamson
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He set up the calculator to find a dead-reckoning position: from the known position of the original contraterrene asteroid, HSM CT-445-N-812, determined from the Ephemeris for ten o’clock on the evening of March 23rd; and the observed direction and velocity of the rock’s inexplicable spaceward flight, taking into account the diminishing gravitational drag of the Sun and the planets, from which it was so swiftly escaping.
Minus Sign in Astounding Science-Fiction Nov. 73/2 -
1953
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Raymond Z. Gallun
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The comet seemed to move slowly, its coma flattening over the Moon’s spaceward hemispheres.
Comet’s Burial in Science Fiction Stories (#1) 68 -
1962
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J. G. Ballard
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In fifteen years a lot could happen, there might be another spaceward swing of public opinion.
Thirteen to Centaurus in Amazing Stories Apr. 40/1 -
1970
Poul Anderson
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Hands eagerly turned cranks on the spaceward side of the boat, sliding back the plates that covered the glasyl viewports.
Tau Zero (1973) 23 -
1994
Robert Silverberg
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Around the periphery of the shell’s spaceward face was a deep layer of lunar slag held in place by centrifugal forces, the tailings that had been left over after the extraction of the gases and minerals that had been needed in the construction of the satellite world.
Hot Sky at Midnight 64 -
2015
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L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
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He could see that he hadn’t corrected enough for the spaceward drift caused by a less than perfectly balance course shift.
Solar Express xiii. 74
Research requirements
antedating 1940
Earliest cite
John Russell Fearn, in Amazing Stories
Research History
Mike Christie submitted a 1941 cite from Clifford Simak's "Masquerade".Mike Christie submitted a 1942 cite from Jack Williamson (writing as "Will Stewart") 's "Minus Sign", in Astounding.
Douglas Winston submitted a 1998 cite from Diane Duane's "Starrise at Corrivale".
Ralf Brown located, and Douglas Winston and Lawrence Watt-Evans independently submitted, a cite from a reprint of Robert Silverberg's "Tower of Glass"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1970 first magazine appearance.
Jeff Prucher submitted a cite from a 2000 reprint of Ann McCaffrey & Mercedes Lackey's 1992 "The Ship Who Searched".
Fred Galvin submitted a 1962 cite from J.G.Ballard's "Thirteen to Centaurus".
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