ground crew

noun

: the mechanics and technicians who maintain and service an airplane

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Finally, ground crews lowered the rocket between the Space Launch System's twin solid rocket boosters already stacked on a mobile launch platform inside High Bay 3, where NASA assembled Space Shuttles and Saturn V rockets for Apollo lunar missions. Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025 Firefighters from Los Angeles and Ventura counties are actively engaged in containment efforts, deploying both ground crews and aerial resources. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 Before Thursday's launch, ground crews loaded four Starlink mock-ups inside Starship's payload bay to test the rocket's deployment mechanism. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025 Senior leadership and ground crew of Boeing have a detailed awareness of the operational difficulties that outsiders sometimes overlook. Jim Osman, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for ground crew

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First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ground crew was in 1934

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“Ground crew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20crew. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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ground crew

noun
: the mechanics and technicians who maintain and service an aircraft
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