Full record for space capsule n.
| Definition | a small spacecraft containing the instruments or crew relating to the purpose of a space flight |
| OED requirements | antedating 1954 |
| Earliest cite | E. R. James 'Space Capsule' |
| Comment | Fred Galvin found a reference in the ISFDB to a story by E.R.James, "Space Capsule" in New Worlds, May 1954; Derek Hepburn verified this reference, and supplied a cite from the story. |
| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |