Spaceships carried humans beyond Earth.

Meaning: The spaceships took people to places that are farther than Earth.

Choice of Words: Spaceships are vehicles that travel in space. Carried means to transport or move something from one place to another. Humans are people. Beyond means past or further than a particular point or limit. Earth is the planet we live on.

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Spacecrafts transported people past Earth.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence. Spaceships took people from our planet, Earth, and traveled with them to other places in space.

Choice of Words: Spacecrafts are another word for spaceships. Transported means to carry or move something from one place to another. People are humans. Past means to go by or beyond something. Earth is the planet we live on. When you put them together, "Spacecrafts transported people past Earth" means that spaceships carried people from Earth to other places in space.

Vehicles for space took humans farther than our planet.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences. Spaceships took people from our planet, Earth, and traveled with them to other places in space.

Choice of Words: Vehicles are things that can transport people or things. For means intended for or used for a specific purpose. Space is the vast area beyond Earth's atmosphere. Took means to carry or move something from one place to another. Humans are people. Farther means to a greater distance. Than means to compare two things. Our means belonging to us. Planet is the Earth. When you put them together, "Vehicles for space took humans farther than our planet" means that spaceships carried people from Earth to other places in space.

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