space flight n.
a journey in or into outer space; (as a mass noun) space-travel generally
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1930
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Robert H. Leitfred
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He stepped from the railed inclosure marking the spot where the atomic beam had restored them after their space flight.
Prisoners on the Electron in Astounding Stories Oct. 93/1 -
1931 Wonder Stories Jan. 900/1
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We know now what conditions are necessary for a space flight… After all space flying is too great a matter to be limited by national pride and jealousy.
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1940
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Nelson S. Bond
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It was weirdly strange, sitting there reading a story of spaceflight adventure written twenty years ago.
Ultimate Salient in Planet Stories Fall 26/2 -
1949
Arthur C. Clarke
There is a timelessness about space-flight…unmatched by any other experience of man.
Across Sea of Stars (1959) 76 -
1974
Ursula K. Le Guin
Where’s our instantaneous spaceflight?
Dispossessed (1975) vii. 187
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1980
David Brin
More males volunteer for spaceflight than females.
Sundiver .xxi. 238
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1985
Barbara Hambly
Earth history before we made contact with other space-flight civilizations is too limited for what we want.
Ishmael x. 143
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1990
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Spaceflight is tough duty even close to home in low Earth orbit.
Voyage to a Far Planet in Omni July 86/1
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1992
Vernor Vinge
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I'll bet it’s an idea older than spaceflight: the ‘elder races’ must be toward the galactic core.
Fire upon Deep vii. 45
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2020
Elizabeth Bear
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And believe me, if there is anything centian-long [sic] space flights are good for, it’s gossip.
Machine iii. 39
Research requirements
antedating 1931
Earliest cite
in Wonder Stories January
Research History
Ben Ostrowsky submitted a 2020 cite from Elizabeth Bear.
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